The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and incomplete medical records, particularly regarding the Veteran's left eye condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not evaluate the Veteran’s left eye during the initial skin examination, which is necessary for a proper determination of service connection for shingles residuals in the left eye.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of shingles, swelling and bleeding in left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2018
- Citation
- 18133405
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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: Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, residuals of shingles, pes planus, and a back disability have been granted. The Board found that the Veteran demonstrated a compensable degree of hypertension within one year of his separation from service, and that he has residuals of shingles as a result of his service. Service connection was also granted for pes planus and a back disability, but additional development is needed to determine if these conditions are related to any period of active duty, ADSW, ACDUTRA, or INACDUTRA service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found no current residuals of shingles and concluded that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of shingles, to include as secondary to his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder, has been denied. The Board found that there is no evidence showing a direct relationship between the Veteran's service and the condition, nor any evidence suggesting a secondary relationship due to his service-connected condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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