The Veteran's bilateral pterygium disability is currently rated as 20 percent disabling. The Board has ordered a remand for further examination and rating considerations, including consideration of newly applicable rating criteria. Additionally, the TDIU claim is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The current record does not adequately reflect the severity of the Veteran's bilateral pterygium disability, necessitating a new VA eye examination to determine its current level of severity.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral pterygium, Optic atrophy of the left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2018
- Citation
- 18140775
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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 Veteran's service-connected bilateral pterygium is denied for a compensable rating prior to October 11, 2015 and for any increased rating from that date.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the RO failing to address his claims for a higher rating and whether his astigmatism and diplopia are related to his service-connected bilateral pterygium. The case will be returned for further examination.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected bilateral pterygium, dry eye syndrome, and photophobia are granted a 10 percent disability rating effective October 24, 2016.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral pterygium, finding that his loss of visual acuity was due to his nonservice-connected cataracts and not his service-connected pterygium.
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