The Board is remanding the claims for new and material evidence regarding four previously denied eye conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's July 2016 claim was not interpreted correctly, and the Board finds it should have been treated as a request to reopen previous denials of service connection for multiple eye conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- choroiditis, defective vision (left eye), hyperopic astigmatism (left eye), mixed astigmatism (right eye)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19119374
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to uncertainty in the STRs and the need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's choroiditis.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current bilateral eye condition related to service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence of in-service exposure to histoplasmosis and concluded that the Veteran's current eye and lung conditions are not related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to his failure to report for a hearing and the need to reschedule it. The claims of service connection for choroiditis and rashes are still pending.
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