The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral nuclear sclerosing cataracts and posterior subcapsular cataracts is being remanded due to incomplete development of the claims folder.
The deciding factor: Incomplete compliance with the Board's November 2000 remand instructions requires further action by the RO.
- Claimed conditions
- nuclear sclerosing cataracts, posterior subcapsular cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2005
- Citation
- 0535203
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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
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- Denied
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