The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain updated medical evidence and schedule the appellant for an examination of his bilateral eye disability.
The deciding factor: The current evaluation does not reflect the severity of the veteran's service-connected bilateral eye injury with early cataracts, necessitating further review and assessment.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye injury, early cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2015
- Citation
- 1501754
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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
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