The Board has remanded the case due to the need to obtain inpatient treatment records from November 1967 at the 13th Field Hospital in Saigon, Vietnam. The Appellant's claim for service connection for bilateral eye disabilities will be reconsidered after these records are obtained.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there were outstanding inpatient treatment records from the Veteran’s active service period and ordered their retrieval to support the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20066125
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 940 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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 a right shoulder disability, finding that the pre-existing condition was aggravated by active-duty service. The claims for bilateral eye disabilities and erectile dysfunction were remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's passing during its pendency.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral eye disabilities, to include open angle glaucoma and legal blindness.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of bilateral eye disabilities, finding that there is not an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence to support the claim.
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