The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and compensation benefits related to his eye injuries, hip surgery complications, and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine the current extent of the Veteran’s disabilities and their relationship to the surgeries and treatments he received. Medical opinions are required to address whether his numbness after hip surgery was caused by carelessness, negligence, or other fault on the part of VA.
- Claimed conditions
- Head Injury Residuals (including diplopia and bilateral visual field constriction), Right Eye Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19110131
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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