The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for bilateral eye cataracts as the evidence did not support a finding of incapacitating episodes or visual acuity impairment warranting a compensable evaluation.
The deciding factor: There were no documented incapacitating episodes, and the Veteran’s corrected distance visual acuity was 20/40 in both eyes, which does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under DC 6066.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105473
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Decisions by this judge: 2,549 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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