The veteran's appeal is being remanded for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of his service-connected primary open-angle glaucoma.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there has been no updated VA examination in over five years, and thus requires one to assess the current state of the veteran's disability.
- Claimed conditions
- primary open-angle glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2008
- Citation
- 0833799
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for dry eye syndrome as proximately due to his service-connected tinnitus. The claims for cataracts, primary open-angle glaucoma, pinguecula, and corneal arcus are denied. The urticaria claim is remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for his eye disability, finding that there is not a causal relationship between his current conditions and his in-service head injury or any other event during service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for his vision disorder, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his current eye conditions and his military service.
- Denied
The Board found that the preponderance of evidence is against a finding that the Veteran's primary open-angle glaucoma was caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
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