The Board denied a separate rating for diplopia due to myasthenia gravis prior to August 5, 2021, as it is considered part of the overall visual impairment already rated at 40%.
The deciding factor: Diplopia cannot be evaluated separately from other visual impairments and has been adequately compensated within the existing rating.
- Claimed conditions
- myasthenia gravis, diplopia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25000136
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,062 · Granted: 34% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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