The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1151 due to poor vision and residuals of right eye cataract surgery is remanded as the VA examination did not address whether his drooping eyelid was caused by the surgery.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not specifically address whether the Veteran's drooping eyelid was proximately caused by the April 2014 cataract surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- poor vision, residuals of right eye cataract surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19149306
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 claims for service connection for residuals of right and left eye cataract surgery due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for service connection for various conditions as the appeals were not timely filed.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for a back disability, hearing loss, poor vision, right foot disability, and left foot disability due to an impermissible concurrent election.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for poor vision was dismissed due to his death.
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