The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for service-connected dry eyes from August 10, 2022.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported the disability picture more closely approximating a disorder of the lacrimal apparatus with bilateral involvement throughout the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- dry eyes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25051695
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.
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