The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected eye disabilities do not warrant a higher initial evaluation, as they do not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 30 percent under the applicable VA Rating Schedule.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show anatomical loss of one eye or visual acuity of 20/50 or worse in both eyes to warrant a higher initial evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound, right eye, loss of vision, left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0807263
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