The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including proper VCAA notice and a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed eye disabilities.
The deciding factor: The case was previously denied due to lack of well-groundedness. The Veteran has submitted a timely Notice of Disagreement but did not receive compliant VCAA notice for the specific claims identified above, necessitating remand.
- Claimed conditions
- conjunctivitis, keratosis, opacities, catarrhal fever, scars in the lungs and chronic bronchitis, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, laryngitis with choking and speech problems
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1002058
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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 granted service connection for conjunctivitis, dry eye syndrome, and pinguecula based on a finding that the conditions are related to active service.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for multiple conditions and denied higher initial ratings for several service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for keratitis and conjunctivitis due to insufficient efforts made to schedule a VA examination.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for conjunctivitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected dry eye syndrome, finding that there is an approximate balance of evidence regarding its etiology.
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