The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain an opinion on whether the veteran's macular degeneration was caused or aggravated by his service-connected vascular hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence of record does not address whether the veteran's service-connected vascular hypertension or diabetes mellitus either caused or aggravated his current macular degeneration.
- Claimed conditions
- macular degeneration
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0609317
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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