The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected pseudoaphakia of the left eye does not warrant a higher rating as it currently results in visual acuity better than 20/70, which is not compensable under applicable diagnostic codes. The right eye disability remains at a noncompensable evaluation.
The deciding factor: The veteran's best corrected distance visual acuity in the left eye is 20/20 and in the right eye it is 20/25, with no clinical evidence of visual field impairment or rest-requirements. The current rating adequately reflects the severity of his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Pseudoaphakia of the left eye, Iritis of the right eye
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- August 10, 2005
- Citation
- 0521652
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