The Board has remanded the pension claims for further development, including a general medical examination and submission of financial information.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional evidence to determine if the Veteran meets the criteria for nonservice-connected pension benefits due to his age or disability status.
- Claimed conditions
- impaired vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20047116
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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: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for sinusitis. Other claims were remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for right foot peripheral neuropathy, left foot peripheral neuropathy, impaired vision, and retinal hemorrhages as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected leukemia.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's previously denied claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right shoulder disability, skin disability, impaired vision, and colon polyps have been reopened. Service connection is granted for the skin disability (eczema). The other issues remain denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that further development is necessary before the Veteran's claims can be adjudicated. The case must be remanded for development in accordance with special development procedures as defined by VA regulations.
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