The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for service-connected enucleation of the left eye, which is the maximum schedular rating after deducting the degree of disability existing at the time of entrance into service. The veteran's claim for increased rating for conjunctivitis was also granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the veteran cannot wear his prosthetic left eye due to issues with the socket, and this inability to wear the prosthetic eye is considered a compensable disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Enucleation of the left eye, Conjunctivitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0732348
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder associated with conjunctivitis is rated at 70 percent, which grants a higher rating than the current 50 percent. Other conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, tension headaches, GERD, and lumbar spine degenerative disc disease are either denied or have compensable ratings.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic allergies has been reopened and granted. The Veteran is now entitled to a compensable rating for conjunctivitis, effective from August 16, 2017. Other issues remain pending.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation until his retirement in December 2018 due to health issues and 'life in general'.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's bilateral dry eye syndrome is granted a separate rating of 20 percent effective May 28, 2011. The ratings for conjunctivitis are remanded.
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