The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic conjunctivitis does not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent, as it is intermittently active without additional residual disability found on examination.
The deciding factor: Physical findings do not support a higher rating under any available code and recent VA examinations fail to reveal any pathology warranting a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic conjunctivitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0620213
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,642 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic allergic rhinitis, chronic conjunctivitis, chronic hives, a cervical spine disorder, and pes planus as these conditions are related to the Veteran's active duty and ACDUTRA service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all claims on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeal.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for symptoms analogous to chronic conjunctivitis and scarring and disfigurement attributable to bilateral pinguecula, effective January 29, 2025.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for heart palpitations, bruxism, and bilateral dry eye, while denying service connection for the other conditions.
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