The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a VA examination to assess the current severity of her service-connected left eyelid disability and obtaining Social Security Administration records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not provided evidence that her eye condition manifests during an outbreak, which may affect the rating assigned. The Board also finds it necessary to obtain updated VA treatment records and Social Security Administration records for consideration in this case.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper eyelid, herpes simplex virus lesions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2015
- Citation
- 1500331
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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 has determined that the Veteran's service-connected left upper eyelid, herpes simplex virus lesions does not warrant a compensable rating as it does not meet the criteria for any of the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and providing new VA examinations. The Veteran's claim is being returned to the AOJ for consideration.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations and to determine the appropriate rating for her service-connected left upper eyelid condition, as well as whether she has a psychiatric disorder that is related to her service or her service-connected eye disability.
- 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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