The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II as due to herbicide agent exposure. The Veteran's claim for an eye disability is remanded for further examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's eye disabilities are being remanded because the VA examiner needs to determine their etiology and whether they are related to service-connected conditions or if they were aggravated by them.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II, retinopathy, glaucoma, cataract, blindness
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20000022
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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- Partly granted
The Board granted the request to readjudicate the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, but denied the claim itself.
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