The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to a failure to issue a Statement of the Case (SOC) regarding his claim for service connection for a right eye disorder. The case will be returned to the Board only if he files a substantive appeal.
The deciding factor: The RO has not issued an SOC addressing the denial of service connection for a right eye disorder, as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19100585
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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