Service connection for a skin disability (heat blisters) and an eye disability (spots near the optic nerve) is not granted. The Veteran's urinary incontinence rating was increased from noncompensable to 60 percent effective December 15, 2016. Service connection for right shoulder status post surgery, left shoulder status post surgery, lumbar strain with IVDS prior to December 15, 2016, and cervical strain with IVDS are not granted. The Veteran's initial ratings for right carpal tunnel syndrome and left carpal tunnel syndrome remain at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no evidence of the claimed skin conditions or heat blisters, and the eye disability was diagnosed as central serous chorioretinopathy with onset in service. The Veteran's urinary incontinence rating was increased based on her current need for absorbent materials requiring more than four changes per day.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin Disability, Eye Disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2017
- Citation
- 1747992
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