The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling an eye examination to assess the severity of his service-connected corneal scarring of the right eye. The issues of entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for corneal scarring of the right eye from foreign body, removed, with photophobia and entitlement to a compensable disability rating for sensorineural hearing loss of the right ear are being remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's appeal requires additional development due to incomplete medical records and the need for an updated examination to assess his current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- corneal scarring of the right eye from foreign body, removed, with photophobia, sensorineural hearing loss of the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2011
- Citation
- 1109084
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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 sensorineural hearing loss of the right ear, finding that it was related to the Veteran's active military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for higher ratings in several service-connected disabilities, including bilateral hip disabilities, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, right lower extremity radiculopathy, sensorineural hearing loss of the right ear, and adjustment disorder with depressed mood, require additional evidence. The Veteran is to be scheduled for examinations to determine the current severity of his service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not combine to preclude substantially gainful employment, as the VA examiners found that her conditions do not prevent her from performing sedentary work.
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