The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's bilateral vision loss, which may be related to service. The case is being remanded for this purpose.
The deciding factor: The evidence currently of record is insufficient to resolve the claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral vision loss, and further opinion in connection with this claim is necessary for a fully informed evaluation of the claim on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral vision loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18132565
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions. The issues include left ear hearing loss, cervical strain, fatigue and full body muscle pain (claimed as chronic fatigue syndrome), tinea pedis, onychomycosis and tinea corporis (claimed as full body rash and bilateral foot fungus), and bilateral vision loss.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral vision loss as there was no evidence of in-service injury, disease, or event related to these conditions.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection of multiple conditions has been withdrawn by the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right foot disability and remanded claims for PTSD, jock itch, pseudo folliculitis, bilateral rhonchi, OSA, and left lower extremity condition.
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