The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's left eye disability is aggravated by his service-connected right eye disability.
The deciding factor: An opinion addressing both causation and aggravation of the nonservice-connected condition is necessary.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye injury, normal tension glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2017
- Citation
- 1717617
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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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