The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension, residuals of a right eye injury, and intervertebral disc syndrome (formerly degenerative disc disease) of the lumbar spine due to insufficient evidence or need for additional examination.
The deciding factor: The current medical records do not provide sufficient information to determine the severity of the Veteran’s service-connected conditions or to establish whether there is a nexus between his in-service eye injury and his current right eye diagnoses. Additionally, the most recent VA examination addressing hypertension occurred over six years ago, which may have changed since then.
- Claimed conditions
- Intervertebral disc syndrome (formerly degenerative disc disease) of the lumbar spine, Residuals of a right eye injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19109872
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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