The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of the veteran's claims.
The deciding factor: The case must be remanded to satisfy the veteran's request for a videoconference hearing before a member of the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder to include depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), corneal scar, right eye, glaucoma, bilateral eyes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2008
- Citation
- 0815731
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Decisions by this judge: 1,613 · Granted: 30% (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.
What you can do next
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