The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for the Veteran's bilateral eye disability as of January 22, 2021.
The deciding factor: The increase in the Veteran's visual impairment warranted a higher rating based on documented incapacitating episodes and visual field limitations.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye disorder, to include diabetic retinopathy, pseudophakia, and blindness, left eye diabetic retinopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22001446
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, type II, left eye diabetic retinopathy, left foot diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right foot diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and coronary artery disease, as well as the Veteran's cause of death.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a left eye disorder, including amblyopia and other conditions, as there was no evidence of aggravation beyond their natural progression during the Veteran's periods of active duty.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a cerebrovascular accident, genitourinary disorder, bilateral hearing loss, left eye disorder, and right eye disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right eye disorder, a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and a compensable initial rating for hypertension.
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