The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's current right eye disability is related to his in-service injury during a field exercise.
The deciding factor: The decision was made based on the need for a VA examination to determine if there is sufficient medical evidence linking the Veteran's current condition to his service-connected injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye injury with cataract, cystoid macular edema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18140307
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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: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for his right eye disability, as the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 30 percent.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to a lack of evidence showing that VA care caused his blindness in his left eye.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for left eye conditions and service connection, to include on a secondary basis, for any other eye disorder. The VA must obtain all relevant medical records and provide an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of diagnosed eye disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient examination regarding whether any additional left eye disability was a reasonably foreseeable outcome of the treatment received, including due to the 2012 left eye surgery.
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