The Veteran was granted a 30 percent rating for proliferative diabetic retinopathy with cataract of the right eye as secondary to diabetes from March 14, 2003 to March 28, 2006.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated that the Veteran's eye disability was manifested by proliferative diabetic retinopathy with corrected visual acuity no worse than 20/60 in the right eye and 20/100 in the left eye from March 14, 2003 to March 28, 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- proliferative diabetic retinopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1003607
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