The Board finds the veteran's residuals of a left orbital floor fracture with macular degenerative changes and an enophthalmos left eye are appropriately rated under the criteria of Diagnostic Code 6009. The claim for entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent must be denied.
The deciding factor: The March 2006 VA examiner's opinion is persuasive that there was some degree of visual loss prior to the motor vehicle accident in 1994, but that the exact extent of that injury could not be determined. The veteran's present left eye vision loss of hand motion only is clearly shown to have been due to a nonservice-related injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (to include Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), Left Orbital Floor Fracture with Macular Degenerative Changes and Enophthalmos Left Eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2007
- Citation
- 0730927
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