The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of the veteran's claims, including a VA examination to assess his left hand disability.
The deciding factor: The decision was previously denied due to lack of well-groundedness. The VCAA requires additional compliance with duty-to-assist provisions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2002
- Citation
- 0202860
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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.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a bilateral eye disability, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral eye disability and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
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