The Veteran's claim is being remanded for additional development including a VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected diabetic retinopathy, right eye.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has provided evidence suggesting an increase in the severity of his disability since the last VA examination. The Board has determined that another examination is needed to determine the current degree of severity.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic retinopathy, right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 26, 2013
- Citation
- 1342870
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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
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals regarding the claims of entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetic retinopathy, right eye, with bilateral fluctuating vision and blurred vision, prior to September 14, 2012, and a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for bilateral diabetic retinopathy associated with type II diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction from September 14, 2012.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to lack of permanent and total disability affecting locomotion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of private treatment records for the Veteran's diabetes mellitus, which are necessary to make an informed decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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