The Veteran's service-connected right eye arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy was rated at 20 percent prior to September 27, 2005. The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for this condition. For the period from September 5, 2002 through July 14, 2010, the Veteran did not meet the schedular requirements for a TDIU rating under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected right eye arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy was rated at 20 percent prior to September 27, 2005 and did not meet the schedular requirements for a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Coronary Artery Disease, Status Post Right 4th Metacarpal Fracture, Right Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Left Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Lower Extremity Peripheral Vascular Disease, Left Lower Extremity Peripheral Vascular Disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 1, 2018
- Citation
- 18146869
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