The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected left eye disability warrants a 30 percent rating, effective from June 1990.
The deciding factor: The VA Compensation and Pension Service Director calculated visual efficiency considering both loss of visual acuity and visual field loss in the left eye, resulting in a 20 percent evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Optic Atrophy with Loss of Vision, Keratoconus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0827752
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's right eye conjunctivitis with keratoconus status post corneal transplant from February 1, 2018 is rated at 30 percent and no higher due to the severity of his visual acuity impairment.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's keratoconus is granted a 10 percent rating effective March 4, 2016. His bilateral hearing loss remains noncompensable.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted a 40 percent rating for bilateral keratoconus from March 16, 2017 to June 18, 2019. The appeal is remanded for further action on the increased ratings and TDIU issues.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's Fuchs dystrophy and keratoconus have been rated based on their impact on visual acuity. The initial rating of 10% was granted in October 2009, followed by a subsequent increase to 30% effective October 18, 2018. The appeal for higher ratings remains pending.
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