The Board has ordered a remand to distinguish any visual impairment or disfigurement attributable to the service-connected minimal hyperemia of the eyes from that due to other diagnosed eye disorders. The case is also remanded for readjudication.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim requires further clarification regarding the distinction between his service-connected condition and other diagnosed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- minimal hyperemia of the eyes, conjunctivitis, chronic, bilaterally
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2014
- Citation
- 1448511
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's eye condition, specifically minimal hyperemia of the eyes, has been rated at a 10 percent disability level throughout the appeal period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for minimal hyperemia of the eyes (previously diagnosed as conjunctivitis, chronic, bilaterally) is being remanded due to the need for further development and clarification regarding the level of impairment attributable to service-connected versus nonservice-connected eye disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered a new examination to determine whether the Veteran's other eye disabilities are related to his service-connected minimal hyperemia of the eyes, and to distinguish any visual impairment or disfigurement due to service-connected minimal hyperemia from that due to other diagnosed eye disorders.
- 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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