The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left eye disability, to include diplopia, must be remanded due to insufficient evidence and incomplete medical records.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion is inadequate as it does not support its conclusion with citations to the Veteran’s medical history or relevant medical literature. The Veteran must be afforded a new medical opinion to determine the nature and etiology of his left eye disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye diplopia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2019
- Citation
- A19002872
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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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