The Veteran's right eye disability is currently rated at 40 percent, effective from January 27, 2010. The case is being remanded for further action.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the merits of the service-connected condition without involving any presumption or exposure basis.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudophakia, right eye, optic nerve damage, central retinal scar, posterior chamber calcification
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- May 4, 2012
- Citation
- 1216084
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a separate compensable rating for an optic nerve condition due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
- Denied
The Veteran's visual impairment, including blindness, is not service-connected due to the July 1996 septorhinoplasty and reconstruction. The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's eye disabilities, specifically pseudophakia, cataract, glaucoma, hypersensitive retinopathy, optic atrophy, and color blindness. The VA is required to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing these issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including obtaining a VA examination and opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's current eye disabilities.
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