The Board has granted a 40 percent extraschedular evaluation for the Veteran's service-connected left eye exotropia, finding that it results in exceptional impairment not contemplated by the rating schedule.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's left eye exotropia causes significant impairment of depth perception and stereoscopic vision, affecting his ability to drive and perform tasks requiring high levels of depth perception. This impairment is not adequately addressed by the current schedular criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye exotropia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2013
- Citation
- 1331641
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