The Board has granted a compensable rating of 30 percent for the veteran's residuals of left eye injury from July 1950 to August 1997, effective as of July 25, 1950. The earlier effective dates for PTSD and lumbosacral spine injury were also granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the veteran's claim that he lost all useful vision in his left eye from an in-service accident, which is supported by expert ophthalmological opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of Left Eye Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 20, 2005
- Citation
- 0525663
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, but the Board has not yet decided whether the evidence is sufficient to grant these claims.,Further development is needed to determine if there are any new and material pieces of evidence that could support the reopening of the claims.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (Depressive Disorder, Migraine Headaches, and Left Eye Injury) prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's headaches and eye injury continued to cause severe symptoms, warranting a higher rating than what was proposed. The reduction of ratings from 30% to 10% was not supported by evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board found the claims for PTSD and residuals of a left eye injury are well grounded, but denied the claims for a skin disorder (claimed as lymphoma) and prostate cancer secondary to Agent Orange exposure. The claim for increased evaluation for residuals of a left wrist injury is addressed in the remand portion.
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