The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left eye conditions, which are secondary to nonservice-connected histoplasmosis mediastinal lymph glands, need further examination and opinion due to incomplete records and a previous denial of the claim.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service treatment records from both tours of duty have been identified as potential evidence that could affect the determination of service connection for the Veteran's eye conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye condition, left eye condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20030662
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected right eye condition, RLE sciatica, LLE sciatica, lumbar strain, and atrial fibrillation have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted the TDIU claim.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, left eye vision problems, and right eye condition.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The claim of CUE in the February 2020 rating decision regarding service connection for various conditions is dismissed as it was subsumed by a subsequent March 2021 Board decision.
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