The Veteran's enucleation, left eye disability is currently rated at 10 percent disabling under the provisions of Diagnostic Code 6063-6066. The Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted as vision in the right eye is shown to be 20/40 or better.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's enucleation, left eye disability results in anatomical loss and corrected vision of 20/40 or better in the non-service-connected right eye. The maximum rating under Diagnostic Codes 6063-6066 is a 40 percent rating for an anatomical loss with correctable vision of 20/40, which leaves him rated at 10 percent due to the preexisting disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Enucleation, Left Eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2017
- Citation
- 1749019
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