The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate compliance with previous remand directives and the need for an adequate VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a new VA medical opinion that responds to the previous remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye disorder (subjective reduced vision), strabismus, defective vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19196090
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a left eye disorder, including amblyopia and other conditions, as there was no evidence of aggravation beyond their natural progression during the Veteran's periods of active duty.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right eye disorder, including strabismus, due to the Veteran's failure to attend a scheduled VA examination in conjunction with his original compensation claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and readjudication.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral knee disorder, bilateral pes planus, schizophrenia, periorbital eye disorder, abnormal heart disorder, and defective vision. The decision found that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen any of these claims.
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