The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of the record, including obtaining VA treatment records from 2010 onwards.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence may be relevant to the Veteran's claims and should be obtained before a decision can be made.
- Claimed conditions
- eye disability, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1234121
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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: Granted
The Veteran's hypertension, left knee patellofemoral syndrome, and right knee patellofemoral syndrome have been granted service connection as secondary to his service-connected disabilities. The lumbar spine disability has also been granted but the effective date is not specified.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals were dismissed due to his death during the appeal process.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied service connection for headaches, an eye disability, a respiratory disability (including allergic rhinitis and bronchitis), and a skin disability (porphyria cutanea tarda) as there is insufficient evidence to support these claims.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), low back disability, neck (also claimed as upper back) disability, and eye disability are all denied. The Board found no current diagnoses of these conditions during the appeal period.
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