The Board has determined that a VA examination and opinion are required to properly adjudicate the veteran's claims for service connection for optic neuritis and for an increased rating for cervical spine disability. The case is being remanded to allow for these actions.
The deciding factor: The decision involves multiple issues related to service connection and compensation ratings, necessitating further medical evaluation and consideration of new evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- optic neuritis, spondylitic changes in the cervical spine, at C2-3
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2001
- Citation
- 0122338
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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