The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA and private eye examination records and conducting a new VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected left eye scotoma.
The deciding factor: The case was previously remanded due to the need for additional medical evidence and an updated VA examination to evaluate the Veteran's current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye scotoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1213625
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal regarding a rating for scotoma of the left eye with central retinal artery occlusion is remanded due to inadequate examination and duty-to-assist error.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for prostate cancer and left eye scotoma was denied. An increased disability rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of retinal scar of the left eye was also denied, but a separate 10 percent disability rating for left eye postoperative cataract was granted. The issue of entitlement to service connection for left eye glaucoma was remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and a need for further examination. The Veteran's left eye conditions, other than his service-connected corneal scar, are being evaluated.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's eye disabilities, specifically bilateral cataracts, bilateral dry eye with epiphora, bilateral watery eyes, bilateral refractive error, and left eye scotoma.
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