The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran's representative.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded because of newly submitted evidence that requires further review and consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of an excision of a meningioma, blindness of the left eye, surgical scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2010
- Citation
- 1024765
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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 Veteran's desmoid fibromatosis (soft tissue sarcoma) with surgical scarring is granted as service connected due to exposure to burn pits and other toxins during her service in the United Arab Emirates in 2009, effective August 10, 2022. Prior to this date, she had presumptive service connection based on the PACT Act.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The appeal for service connection of blindness was dismissed. The appeals for hypertension, diabetes rating, and TDIU were remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to ensure compliance with previous remand directives and proper development for the Veteran's claims.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claim for open angle glaucoma and blindness of the left eye is granted. The case is also remanded to attempt verification of in-service exposure to chemicals, including tear gas, during basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri from November 1979 to April 1980. If confirmed, a new medical opinion will be obtained regarding whether open angle glaucoma and blindness were caused by such exposure.
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