The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining treatment records and providing updated opinions from VA examiners regarding the Veteran's knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to fully evaluate the Veteran's claims, particularly related to his knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral optic nerve head drusen, fallen arch of the right foot, greater trochanter bursitis of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2014
- Citation
- 1413332
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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.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran does not have bilateral optic nerve head drusen that was incurred in or aggravated by service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examination in May 2011 was inadequate and remands the case for a new examination to determine if the Veteran has a fallen arch of the right foot, its etiology, and whether it is related to his service-connected degenerative arthritis of the right ankle.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's claimed eye conditions are not related to his military service or diabetes mellitus, and thus denied his claims for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a TDIU prior to August 29, 2006 is being remanded due to incomplete development and the need for an additional VA examination.
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