The Veteran's initial compensable disability rating for chemical keratitis with recurrent corneal erosion, right eye is remanded due to the need for additional evidence and analysis regarding incapacitating episodes and their impact on work.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is required to determine if there are documented incapacitating episodes requiring treatment visits for the Veteran's right eye disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chemical keratitis, recurrent corneal erosion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18114620
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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.
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