The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding treatment records related to the veteran's loss of vision during service and post-service care. The veteran is seeking service connection for his current condition.
The deciding factor: There are missing clinical records from the U.S. Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, and VA treatment records from the Columbia VAMC that may be relevant to the veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral loss of vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2008
- Citation
- 0837432
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their appeal concerning the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral loss of vision.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for bilateral loss of vision, including as due to hyperopic astigmatism.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral loss of vision, finding that there is no reasonable doubt to resolve in favor of the Veteran and concluding that the current eye disability did not begin during service or is otherwise related to any event, injury, or disease during service.
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