The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including vision loss due to macular degeneration and arteriosclerotic heart disease with vascular hypertension and arteriosclerosis, meet the criteria for special monthly compensation at an intermediate level between those provided by 38 U.S.C.A. § 1114(m) and (n).
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities independently rate at 100 percent and his vision loss is rated as light perception in both eyes, qualifying for the next higher intermediate rating.
- Claimed conditions
- vision loss due to macular degeneration, arteriosclerotic heart disease with vascular hypertension and arteriosclerosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2005
- Citation
- 0528612
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- Granted
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- Denied
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