The Board is remanding the case for additional development to ensure compliance with VA's duty to assist and notify the veteran. The issues include reopening a claim for service connection for an eye disorder and increasing the disability rating for lumbar spine strain.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine if new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for an eye disorder, and VA records are required to evaluate the current severity of the veteran's lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- eye disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2004
- Citation
- 0414579
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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
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased ratings due to the Veteran's withdrawal of certain claims, and denied other claims based on a lack of evidence supporting current diagnoses or sufficient symptoms.
- Denied
The Veteran's hearing loss does not meet the criteria for an initial compensable rating.
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