The Veteran's claim for service connection of his right eye disability has been reopened, but the Board is remanding it due to insufficient evidence regarding the severity and etiology of his condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report lacks necessary information to determine if the Veteran’s right eye disability is related to his military service or aggravated by his service-connected left eye disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right eye disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19179544
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including an acquired psychiatric disability, alcohol abuse, a liver disability, and hand and eye disabilities, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to service or secondary to any service-connected condition.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, right shoulder disability, left elbow disability, right elbow disability, left ankle disability, and right ankle disability as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability related to service. The claims for psychiatric disability, obstructive sleep apnea, left eye disability, right eye disability, cervical spine disability, and left shoulder disability were remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for various residual scars and a right eye disability, with an effective date of January 2, 2015, but no earlier.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and various increased rating claims, as well as effective date claims, while remanding the claim for service connection for Hodgkin's disease.
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