The Board has remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for eye disability, including cataracts, glaucoma, vision problems, and ptosis. The Veteran was provided a new VA examination in September 2017 but the examiner did not use the proper standard language requested by the Court.
The deciding factor: The remand required adherence to the specific language standard requested by the Court for the opinion on the Veteran's eye conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- eye disability, cataracts, glaucoma, vision problems, ptosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19103840
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for glaucoma and macular degeneration, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an eye disability, as there was no evidence of a current disability related to symptoms of blurriness and watery eyes during the appeal period.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an eye disability and an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for migraines due to insufficient evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an eye disability for a VA examination and medical opinion to determine if it is related to service-connected disabilities.
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