The Board has granted a 40 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected bilateral pseudoaphakia with bilateral eye open angle glaucoma, including bilateral irregular pupils and bilateral uveitis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's visual acuity was found to be correctable to 20/100 in both eyes, which meets the criteria for a 40 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 6073 (impairment of central visual acuity).
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pseudoaphakia, bilateral eye open angle glaucoma (also claimed as inflammatory glaucoma), bilateral irregular pupils, bilateral uveitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1037665
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