The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service records and the need for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's bilateral eye injuries.
The deciding factor: The decision is pending further development as requested by the Board, including obtaining missing service records and scheduling an appropriate VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- presbyopia/myopia, corneal abrasions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1027900
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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 October 26, 1983 rating decision denied service connection for the Veteran's right eye disability due to a pre-existing condition that was not aggravated during his active duty.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have an eye disability, to include corneal abrasions and decreased vision, due to a disease or injury in service. Therefore, his claim for service connection is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for corneal abrasions and residuals therefrom due to new evidence submitted since the last final denial. However, a VA examination is needed to determine if any current eye disability is related to the inservice injury.
- 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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