The Board has remanded the case for further development and examination due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's eye disorder, left knee condition, diverticulitis, incisional hernia, and residual scar.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on insufficient evidence of current disabilities and a need for additional examinations to assess the severity of the service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- keratoconjunctivitis sicca, episcleritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19118670
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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