The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete opinions and need for further examination regarding the Veteran's bilateral lattice corneal dystrophy.
The deciding factor: The opinion provided by the August 2017 private ophthalmologist is incomplete, and a new opinion is required before the Board can consider this case.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lattice corneal dystrophy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19101844
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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