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.
The deciding factor: The claim requires a distinction between the Veteran's service-connected minimal hyperemia of the eyes and any nonservice-connected eye disabilities (such as glaucoma and cataracts) that may be contributing to his visual impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- minimal hyperemia of the eyes, conjunctivitis, chronic, bilaterally
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2015
- Citation
- 1524416
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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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