The Veteran's left eye traumatic glaucoma is currently rated at 40 percent, effective from May 13, 2018. The appeal for a higher rating prior to this date and the TDIU claim are denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s left eye disability resulted in incapacitating episodes with 7 or more documented medical visits over the past 12 months, warranting a 40 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Diseases of the Eye. The maximum schedular rating available is 30 percent due to anatomical loss not being present.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye traumatic glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20023669
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's left eye traumatic glaucoma, cataracts, and irregular-shaped pupil began during active service and are therefore granted as service-connected.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left eye traumatic glaucoma on a direct basis, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to an in-service injury. The decision also addresses whether the glaucoma is secondary to his service-connected chalazion.
- Denied
The Veteran's right eye open angle glaucoma and left eye traumatic glaucoma were rated at 10 percent prior to April 19, 2016 and at 30 percent thereafter. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on visual acuity or visual field loss.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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