The Board has remanded the case for further development due to missing service records and a need to search for additional relevant in-service records or records proximate to the Veteran's May 1950 service discharge.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as requested by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court) to locate missing service records and other pertinent records.
- Claimed conditions
- cataracts, both eyes, amblyopia, left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2009
- Citation
- 0920369
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development to determine if any of the Veteran's current disorders are related to service. The issues include herniated disc and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, cataracts in both eyes, a disorder of the ring finger on the right hand, left knee disorder, right knee disorder, tinnitus, sleep disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for amblyopia of the left eye and cataracts, both eyes is being remanded due to a need for additional development including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered the case back to the RO for additional development, including obtaining National Guard discharge records and any relevant in-service records. The Veteran's service connection claim will be reconsidered based on this new information.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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