The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for ocular posterior vitreous detachment and peripheral retinal degeneration due to conflicting medical records. The Veteran will be given a chance to provide additional evidence or attend an examination.
The deciding factor: The conflicting medical records require further clarification, which may involve obtaining more recent medical opinions or examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- ocular posterior vitreous detachment, peripheral retinal degeneration
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19161730
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) for his service-connected bilateral focal chorioretinitis, bilateral optic neuritis, peripheral retinal degeneration, bilateral macular degeneration, and bilateral optic neuropathy, as well as PTSD with unspecified neurocognitive disorder and TBI.
- Dismissed
The veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection and increased rating claims.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tuberculosis, astigmatism, hypermetropia, presbyopia, peripheral retinal degeneration, bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, right shoulder lipoma, right and left shin skin atrophy, right thigh intramuscular lesion, and anaphylaxis as the evidence did not support a current disability or nexus to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's eye disabilities, specifically whether they are related to service exposure. The VA examiner is requested to provide an addendum opinion addressing these issues.
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