The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete notification and development, as well as the need for a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is pending further action based on additional evidence and development required by the VCAA.
- Claimed conditions
- nystagmus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0843692
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's vision disability, including nystagmus, is caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury (TBI), and therefore grants service connection on a secondary basis.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of April 10, 2018 for the service connection awards of migraine headaches, tinnitus, nystagmus, residual scar, right forehead, and residual scar, right pinky finger.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities allowed him to qualify for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) beginning August 12, 2010. He also received special monthly compensation (SMC) pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s).
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the nature and cause of the Veteran's eye disabilities, including nystagmus, hyperopic astigmatism, amblyopia, and cataracts. The opinion should address whether these conditions are congenital defects or diseases, and if they were incurred in service.
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