The Board has determined that the veteran's best vision in the left eye is counting fingers at one foot, and there is no blindness in the right eye. The disability rating for postoperative corneal scarring, left eye, with cataract and optic nerve atrophy remains at 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran's best distant vision in the left eye was hand movement at one foot per the January 2005 VA ophthalmology examination. The right eye has normal vision at 20/80 with correction, but is not service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative corneal scarring, cataract, optic nerve atrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0626264
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