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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and bilateral blepharitis are denied. The claim of service connection for peripheral retinal degeneration is remanded.,The Veteran seeks service connection for peripheral retinal degeneration, but a VA medical examination or opinion addressing the relationship to his military service has not been provided.
- 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The veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection and increased rating claims.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right eye condition, peripheral retinal degeneration, is related to his service and grants service connection for this condition.
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