The Veteran seeks service connection for impaired vision, now diagnosed as blindness. The case is remanded due to incomplete records and the need for a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service entrance and separation examination reports are missing from the file, and further development including a new VA examination is required.
- Claimed conditions
- Impaired vision, Blindness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2015
- Citation
- 1540085
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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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