The Board has determined that a compensable disability rating for the scar on the left cheek and service connection for the left eye disability as secondary to the scar are not warranted.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence establishing a direct relationship between the service-connected scar on the left cheek and the veteran's diagnosed left eye disability, which includes cataracts, glaucoma suspect, refractive error, and posterior vitreous detachment in the left eye.
- Claimed conditions
- Scar on the left cheek, Left eye disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0804784
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