The Board has remanded the case due to deficiencies in a previous VA medical opinion and missing VA treatment records. The Veteran's left eye cataracts and ocular hypertension are being reviewed for service connection.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for an adequate VA medical opinion and the retrieval of relevant VA treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye cataracts, ocular hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19144738
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 remands the claim for service connection for ocular hypertension, as secondary to service-connected hypertension, due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an eye disability to obtain a VA examination that addresses direct and secondary service connection, including the Veteran's TERA exposure.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for his service-connected right eye pseudophakia with stage I macular hole and left eye cataracts, maintaining the 40 percent evaluation.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal because all issues were already decided in a previous decision.
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