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.
The deciding factor: There is an uncertainty in the status of all service treatment records, which may affect the determination of whether the Veteran's choroiditis had its onset during service.
- Claimed conditions
- choroiditis, vision disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19135924
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,762 · Granted: 24% (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 19135924.
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
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