The Board has remanded the case for further development, including an examination by a fee-basis ophthalmologist to determine the cause of all loss of vision in the right eye and whether the post-service retinal detachment was related to the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional evidence and development due to the complexity of the case, particularly regarding the relationship between the service-connected herpetic keratitis and the current retinal detachment.
- Claimed conditions
- retinal detachment, herpetic keratitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0819820
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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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