The Board has restored a separate, protected 10% rating for bilateral conjunctivitis but denied an increased rating for the Veteran's service-connected blepharoconjunctivitis with chronic lid changes.
The deciding factor: The RO assigned the current 20% rating based on ectropion and did not consider the original 10% rating for conjunctivitis under 38 C.F.R. § 3.951(b).
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Conjunctivitis, Blepharoconjunctivitis with chronic lid changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2012
- Citation
- 1236684
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