The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated medical records and scheduling VA examinations to assess the current severity of her service-connected eye disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that more recent findings are necessary to adjudicate the issues on appeal due to the passage of time since the last examination and the Veteran's testimony regarding worsening symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- subretinal hemorrhage of the left eye, coccidioidomycosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2013
- Citation
- 1318050
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for coccidioidomycosis and conjunctivitis as the evidence did not show that these conditions began during or were otherwise caused by active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for coccidioidomycosis and asthma, to include as secondary to coccidioidomycosis, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding verification of the Veteran's duty status in October 2009.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including hypertension, cervical spine condition, shoulder conditions, chronic fatigue syndrome, gastrointestinal issues, psychiatric disorder, and coccidioidomycosis.
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