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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19113381
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,549 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The reduction of the rating for bilateral allergic conjunctivitis from 10 to noncompensable, effective November 2, 2018, was not proper and the 10 percent rating is restored. The entitlement to a compensable disability rating for post-traumatic headaches is remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for the period from July 11, 2017 to December 5, 2019. The case is remanded for referral to the Director, Compensation Service, for extraschedular consideration of TDIU for the period from January 14, 2010 to July 10, 2017.
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