The Veteran's bilateral open-angle glaucoma and eyelid papillomas have been granted initial 10 percent ratings, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s conditions were found to meet the criteria for a minimum 10 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Diseases of the Eye based on visual impairment due to open-angle glaucoma and benign neoplasms of the eye, orbit, and adnexa (excluding skin).
- Claimed conditions
- Open-Angle Glaucoma, Eyelid Papillomas
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19175048
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