The Veteran's service-connected bilateral allergic conjunctivitis is being remanded due to evidence of potentially worsening symptoms and incomplete records.
The deciding factor: There are incomplete medical records, including recent treatment records, which may affect the assessment of the Veteran's current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral allergic conjunctivitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19113381
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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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- Granted
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