The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for glaucoma with dry eye syndrome but granted a separate 10 percent disability rating, effective May 11, 2022, for bilateral dry eye syndrome. The claim for service connection for cataracts as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected glaucoma was remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence showing active symptoms of dry eye syndrome from May 11, 2022, but no visual impairment or incapacitating episodes due to this condition. The denial for an increased rating for glaucoma was supported by the lack of documented visual acuity loss or other visual field defects.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral cataracts (secondary to glaucoma), glaucoma with dry eye syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25031613
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Decisions by this judge: 998 · Granted: 40% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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