The veteran is seeking service connection for the residuals of a right eye injury sustained during his military service. The VA has requested additional medical records and will conduct an examination if necessary to determine whether the current right eye disability is related to his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The appeal requires further evidence and evaluation, including obtaining treatment records from various physicians and conducting a VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right eye injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0605311
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
The Board granted service connection for mild facial acne, allergic rhinitis, and depression based on new and relevant evidence. The claims for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), residuals of a right eye injury, and an acquired psychiatric disorder were denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of a right eye injury based on new and relevant evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for residuals of a right eye injury to obtain an adequate VA medical opinion that addresses whether the Veteran's reports of pain, vision impairment, and itchiness in the right eye are productive of functional impairment and if so, whether those symptoms are related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a right eye injury due to an inadequate VA examination.
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