The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist violation, and will need to obtain service medical records and provide additional notice.
The deciding factor: The RO failed in its duty to assist by not obtaining missing service medical records and providing proper notice regarding alternative evidence sources.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral vision loss, deformity of the upper lip/left nostril
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0108584
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral vision loss as there was no evidence of in-service injury, disease, or event related to these conditions.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection of multiple conditions has been withdrawn by the Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right foot disability and remanded claims for PTSD, jock itch, pseudo folliculitis, bilateral rhonchi, OSA, and left lower extremity condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand all the claims for further development due to errors in obtaining medical records and military personnel records.
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