The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting a comprehensive eye examination to assess his bilateral aphakia and left eye ptosis.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further evidence and evaluation due to the need for updated medical records and an ophthalmologist's opinion regarding the Veteran's current condition and any relationship between his service-connected conditions and his new issues.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral aphakia, left eye ptosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2012
- Citation
- 1203222
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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 Veteran's TDIU claim is granted from March 22, 2016. Prior to this date, the evidence does not show that his service-connected conditions precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for various conditions, including migraine headaches, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, myasthenia gravis with right upper extremity muscle weakness, and others.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and failure to address relevant evidence of scarring. The Veteran's left eye ptosis and/or scarring are being examined again to determine if they are related to service.
- Granted
The Board has granted the readjudication of the claim for service connection for bilateral aphakia, finding that there is new and relevant evidence to support this claim. ,The appeal to readjudicate the claim of service connection for a mental health disorder was denied as no new and relevant evidence had been submitted.
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