The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues regarding service connection for bilateral blindness and a disability of the abdomen. The case is now remanded for additional examinations and medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Further examination and medical opinions are needed to determine the nature, extent, etiology, and current presence or absence of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral blindness, abdomen manifested by bloating and spotting
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0332751
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board has dismissed it.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for prostate cancer, bilateral blindness, left leg amputation, and right leg amputation were dismissed as untimely. The issues are moot due to a full grant of benefits in another appeal stream.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral blindness, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's bilateral blindness, left leg amputation, and right leg amputation are granted as service-connected. The claim for prostate cancer is remanded.
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