The Board has granted an initial rating of 30 percent for the veteran's bilateral keratitis with traumatic cataract and glaucoma, effective from the date of the grant of service connection.
The deciding factor: The visual acuity impairment was rated at 20/70 in one eye and 20/50 in the other, resulting in a disability rating of 20 percent. The additional 10 percent for active pathology brought the total to 30 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral keratitis, Traumatic cataract of the left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 28, 2005
- Citation
- 0509206
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