The veteran's left eye disability was granted service connection, and he received a 40% rating for his cervical spine injury with spondylosis. The other claims were either denied or did not meet the criteria for increased ratings.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the left eye erosion based on its occurrence during active service. For the cervical spine injury, the veteran's symptoms since February 13, 2001, met the criteria for a 40% rating due to severe intervertebral disc syndrome with intermittent relief.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized joint/muscle pain, Left eye erosion
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0610062
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Decisions by this judge: 1,613 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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