The Veteran's bilateral nasal pterygium with dry eyes syndrome is granted a 10 percent disability rating, but no higher. The condition has been rated as analogous to active chronic conjunctivitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran's service-connected conditions have resulted in incapacitating episodes or visual impairment due to his eye disability, and the decrease in visual acuity is attributed to non-service connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Nasal Pterygium, Dry Eyes Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 19, 2022
- Citation
- A22021078
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