The Board has ordered further development due to the need for clarification of facts and evidence regarding the Veteran's cataract surgery, including a telephone conversation with a pharmacist. The case is being remanded for additional medical opinions and evidentiary development.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to clarify the facts and evidence surrounding the Veteran's right eye cataract surgery, including any alleged negligence by VA in performing the procedure.
- Claimed conditions
- blindness, right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 1, 2011
- Citation
- 1132293
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's blindness of the right eye is being remanded for further review due to incomplete medical records and an inadequate opinion from the VA ophthalmologist.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's blindness of the right eye is being remanded for a VA examination to determine if it was proximately due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or similar instance of fault on part of VA. The issue will be reconsidered after this additional development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking compensation under the 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for various disabilities allegedly resulting from VA medical care, specifically overmedication and neglect in treatment. The case has been remanded to obtain additional records and schedule a new VA examination.
- Whole decision: Denied
The VA did not find that the Veteran's blindness, right eye, was caused by negligence or fault on the part of VA in providing medical care.
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