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
- Not verified here — check the original 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 indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19118670.
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: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for left eye squamous blepharitis, dry eye syndrome, and episcleritis has been withdrawn.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for lumbar and thoracic spine disabilities based on new evidence, but remanded all other issues for further development.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone cause him to be unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to March 1, 2015.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable disability rating for dry eye syndrome with anterior uveitis and episcleritis and epithelial clumping of the bilateral eyes, as well as his claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The AOJ is instructed to obtain private treatment records from Dr. Martin Wiesenthal, complete a VA Form 21-4142 for Dr. Martin Wiesenthal, and obtain medical opinions regarding the Veteran's presbyopia and facial pain.
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