The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for a bilateral eye disability and lumbar degenerative disc disease due to insufficient examination reports, and requests additional evidence and examinations.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for more current findings and opinions regarding the etiology of diagnosed conditions and the severity of service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye disability, lumbar degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20003188
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.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied, except for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss disability which were granted. The veteran was also granted service connection for hypertension.
- Granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for the Veteran's lumbar degenerative disc disease, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the claimant.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a bilateral eye disability, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for GERD and service connection for glaucoma, while remanding the claim for service connection for a bilateral eye disability.
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