The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected left eye chorioretinitis and macular scarring warrants a 10 percent disability rating, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran's visual acuity in her left eye is between 20/40 and 20/100 when corrected distance vision is considered as 20/40 for her right eye, which meets the criteria for a 10 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 6006.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye chorioretinitis, macular scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 8, 2015
- Citation
- 1501011
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claim for service connection for macular scarring. The Board has granted service connection for the residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for a respiratory disability, to include sinusitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's left eye disability, which has been rated at 100% since May 1982, is being remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his condition and for up-to-date VA treatment records.
- Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for increased ratings for left eye chorioretinitis and TBI, as well as service connection for right eye glaucoma and seizures. The Board has no further jurisdiction in these matters.
- Granted
The Board finds that the Veteran's left eye chorioretinitis was incurred in military service and grants service connection for this condition. The Board also found no evidence of a pre-existing disability, thus granting service connection for retinal atrophy as secondary to the contusion injury during active duty.
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