The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 should be remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding whether VA treatment was the proximate cause of additional disability resulting from surgery.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a medical opinion to determine if there is additional disability and its relationship to VA treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2019
- Citation
- A19001675
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.
What you can do next
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