The veteran's service-connected left eye corneal abrasion is manifested by pain resulting in no more than slight episodic incapacity, but with no compensable impairment of visual acuity and warrants a disability evaluation of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran's left eye corneal abrasion resulted in occasional episodes of pain that lasted from several hours to a few days, leading to intermittent vision problems such as tearing and blurring. Visual acuity was noted to be within normal limits but with some episodic impairment due to the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye corneal abrasion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0839672
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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