The Veteran is granted a rating of 100 percent for retinitis pigmentosa from December 16, 1970 to December 28, 1988 and SMC at the intermediate rate between (l) and (m) prior to December 29, 1988.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right eye had central vision contracted to less than 5 degrees or blindness in both eyes with only light perception from separation until December 28, 1988, meeting the criteria for a 100 percent rating under DC 6080. The left eye was already rated as having LP since separation.
- Claimed conditions
- retinitis pigmentosa
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 30, 2012
- Citation
- 1229995
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the motion to revise a 1968 rating decision denying service connection for retinitis pigmentosa due to the Veteran's death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and providing an addendum opinion regarding the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and retinitis pigmentosa, finding no evidence of a nexus to active service.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 3, 2001, for service connection for retinitis pigmentosa based on the re-evaluation of previously unassociated service treatment records.
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