The VA has granted a 30 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected cataract, traumatic, right eye with complete blindness. The maximum schedular amount is assigned due to the total blindness in one eye and normal vision in the other.
The deciding factor: The veteran's right eye disability meets the criteria for a 30 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 6070 for total blindness in one eye with only light perception, given the normal vision of his nonservice-connected left eye.
- Claimed conditions
- cataract, traumatic, right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0600912
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. §1151 for open angle glaucoma, retinal detachment, and cataract (eye disability) is remanded due to deficiencies in the prior medical opinions.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the right-eye impairment (other than macular and retinal scarring) based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's right-eye vision went from perfect to qualifying as legal blindness during his service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue with muscle aches, memory loss, and sleep disturbance as the evidence did not support current disabilities. The claims for increased ratings of GERD and PTSD were remanded for further examination.
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