The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral defective vision is being remanded due to the need for additional development of his medical records and examination.
The deciding factor: The current eye disability may not be related to the non-correctable visual impairment documented on the separation examination.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral defective vision, cataracts in both eyes, pseudophakia in the right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2013
- Citation
- 1317405
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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
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