The Board has found that a remand is required to provide the Veteran with another VA examination for his right eye disability and left eye disability, as well as request relevant medical records. The appeal will be returned to the AOJ for further adjudication.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided by the examiners were inadequate, and there are unresolved issues regarding the origins of the Veteran's right eye disability and the severity of his left eye disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right eye disability, Left eye cataract, Left eye pseudophakia, Left eye glaucoma, Left eye chorioretinal scar
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1433050
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(k) based on the loss of use of one eye having only light perception is dismissed as moot.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right eye disability and TDIU prior to August 16, 2022. The claim for an increased rating for OSA was withdrawn.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error in obtaining an adequate VA opinion regarding the Veteran's left eye glaucoma.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including an acquired psychiatric disability, alcohol abuse, a liver disability, and hand and eye disabilities, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to service or secondary to any service-connected condition.
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