The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions regarding her left eye and arm disabilities. The claims will be further evaluated with additional examinations.
The deciding factor: Further examination is needed to determine if the Veteran's current disabilities are related to her in-service motor vehicle accident.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Eye Disability, Right Arm Disability, Left Arm Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1611801
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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.
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The Veteran's claims for service connection and higher ratings are being remanded due to the submission of new evidence. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an extension of the temporary total evaluation based on convalescence following surgery for residuals of the Veteran's left eye injury, finding that there was no evidence of severe postoperative residuals or necessity for house confinement after September 30, 2010.
- Whole decision: Denied
The appeal for an increased rating for PTSD was denied, and the claims for service connection were remanded.
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