The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected defective vision in the right eye and residuals of corneal scar from right eye trauma do not warrant an increased rating beyond the current 10 percent evaluations.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of impairment of central visual acuity or other conditions that would warrant a higher evaluation under applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Defective vision in the right eye, Residuals of corneal scar from right eye trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2007
- Citation
- 0715283
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim to reopen service connection for defective vision in the right eye was denied as new and material evidence had not been received. The Veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his chronic lumbosacral strain was also denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claim for service connection for defective vision in the right eye, which was previously denied. The veteran's claim is therefore denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's defective vision in the right eye is due to refractive error and not related to service or any service-connected disability. The loss of vision in the left eye, caused by total retinal detachment, is also unrelated to service or any service-connected condition. Therefore, service connection for these conditions cannot be granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's claims for increased ratings for defective vision in the right eye were denied. The RO assigned a 10 percent evaluation from October 25, 1994, to July 8, 2001, and a 30 percent evaluation from July 9, 2001.
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