The Veteran's service-connected pigmentary change of the fovea of the right eye resulted in visual impairment and a visual field defect, warranting a 10 percent disability rating from April 19, 2002, to December 13, 2011.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner noted that the service-connected right eye disorder resulted in visual impairment with corrected distance visual acuity less than 20/200 during this period.
- Claimed conditions
- pigmentary change of the fovea of the right eye, post-operative right eye cataract, bilateral maculopathy, bilateral diabetic retinopathy, right eye diabetic macular edema, right eye scotoma, nuclear sclerosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2013
- Citation
- 1342180
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to determine the nature and likely etiology of the Veteran's bilateral eye conditions, specifically whether they were caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.
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