The Board denied service connection for a right eye disorder and denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's left eye disorder. The Board also denied entitlement to TDIU due to the lack of evidence showing that the Veteran is unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding that the right eye disorders were proximately caused by or aggravated by the left eye disorder, and there was no evidence linking the current right eye disorders to an in-service injury. The Veteran's vision impairment did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under 38 C.F.R. § 4.27.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye disorder, left eye disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 22, 2018
- Citation
- 18128426
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