The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a new VA eye examination to determine if any current eye disability is related to negligent use of Dilantin by VA in treatment from 1996 to 1997.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional evidence as it involves negligence under the applicable statute for claims filed after October 1, 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- eyes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0632580
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Decisions by this judge: 1,012 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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