The Board has remanded the Veteran's appeals for service connection and increased ratings related to his eye conditions, as well as an allergy. The appeals are being referred back for further development of medical records.
The deciding factor: The appeal involves multiple issues related to the Veteran's eye conditions and an allergy, requiring additional evidence and examination to determine their etiology and rating.
- Claimed conditions
- eye disorder other than left eye pseudophakia (postoperative residuals of cataract surgery), anisometropia, cystoid macular edema, epiretinal membrane, macropsia, and metamorphopsia, dry eye syndrome of both lacrimal glands, endothelial corneal dystrophy, meibomian gland dysfunction of the upper and lower eyelids of both eyes, punctate keratitis of both eyes, squamous blepharitis of the left upper eyelid
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159965
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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.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an eye disability, including cataracts and epiretinal membrane, due to additional development needed under the PACT Act.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there were pre-decisional duty to assist errors and a remand is required due to the inadequate medical opinion provided in the November 2019 VA examination.
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