The appeal is being remanded for additional development, including notification of the appellant and his representative, obtaining SSA records, and taking adjudicatory action on the claim.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to a need for proper VCAA notice, obtaining relevant medical records from SSA, and ensuring representation by an appointed service organization.
- Claimed conditions
- defective vision
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0813751
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and readjudication.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral knee disorder, bilateral pes planus, schizophrenia, periorbital eye disorder, abnormal heart disorder, and defective vision. The decision found that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen any of these claims.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PTSD, hypertension, migraines, a heart disorder, asthma, defective vision, or a bilateral lung disorder related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a left eye disability and glaucoma of the right eye, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim for a left eye disability and that the glaucoma of the right eye was not incurred in or aggravated by service.
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