The Board has remanded the case for a supplemental opinion regarding service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to conflicting opinions on causation.
The deciding factor: The decision is remanded as there are conflicting opinions on whether the Veteran's loss of vision in the right eye is proximately caused by his service-connected carotid endarterectomy and lymphoepithelioma or treatment therefor, or if it was due to a change in medication from Warfarin to aspirin.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of vision in the right eye
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19153204
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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
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