The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an extension of a temporary total disability rating based on the need for convalescence beyond May 31, 1997. The issue regarding CUE in assigning a 40 percent evaluation for postoperative residuals of left eye keratoconus was also denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the February 21, 1997 surgery did not necessitate convalescence beyond May 31, 1997 and that the RO's assignment of a 40 percent evaluation for postoperative residuals of left eye keratoconus in April 20, 1998 was not an unreasonable application of extant law to the facts then known.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Eye Keratoconus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1038976
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