The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for a personal hearing before a Decision Review Officer at the local VA office. The claims include reopening of a glaucoma claim, service connection for left eye trauma, and rating adjustments.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a personal hearing which was scheduled but later changed to a Decision Review Officer hearing due to his preference.
- Claimed conditions
- glaucoma suspect, blunt force trauma to the left eye, cystic acne residual facial scarring status post excision of a cyst on the back, musculoligamentous sprain of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2013
- Citation
- 1323132
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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 has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error and for an opinion on whether the Veteran's eye disabilities, including nuclear sclerosis and glaucoma suspect, are related to his service-connected residuals of traumatic brain injury.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's eye disability, including photophobia, cataract, glaucoma suspect, retinal drusen, lattice degeneration, and vitreous syneresis, is being remanded for further review due to inconsistencies in the medical opinions provided. The examiner must address whether these conditions are related to service or secondary to his service-connected allergic rhinitis.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for vitreal syneresis with floaters and bilateral cataracts and glaucoma suspect, both on a direct basis. The Veteran's eye disorders are not considered radiogenic diseases.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left eye disability has been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The case is being remanded for further examination and medical opinion.
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