The Board has decided to remand the case for compliance with VCAA requirements and additional development.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to comply with the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA) which requires notification and assistance in obtaining evidence needed to support a claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- homonymous hemianopsia, bilateral peripheral vision loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0700993
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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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