The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's current eye disorder is related to his service, including exposure to chemicals and sunlight.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to determine if there is at least a 50% probability that any diagnosed eye disability had its clinical onset during active service or is related to any incident of service.
- Claimed conditions
- retinitis pigmentosa, vision loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20012752
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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.
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