The Board has remanded the case for further examination and opinion regarding whether the Veteran's left eye disorder is related to service or any pre-existing condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address the question of whether the Veteran's left eye disorder was caused by or related to his right eye injury in service, nor provided a rationale for their conclusion.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye disorder, cataract of the left eye post status extracapsular cataract extraction and sulcus intraocular lens
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2009
- Citation
- 0926438
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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.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for various conditions including depression, OSA, IBS, foot disorders, joint pain, muscle pain, asthma, headaches, eye disorders, ear disorder, sinus disorder, heart disorder, angina, and GERD. The Board found no evidence of a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate VA examination, and a new one must be conducted to determine if the Veteran's left eye disorder is related to service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, finding that the Veteran's disability is etiologically related to his active service. The other claims were remanded due to inadequate development of the record.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a cerebrovascular accident, genitourinary disorder, bilateral hearing loss, left eye disorder, and right eye disorder.
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