The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete VA treatment records, specifically eye charts and progress notes from Dr. Kwon.
The deciding factor: Incomplete VA treatment records were identified, particularly those related to the Veteran's eyes stored in VistA Imaging system.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye corneal injury, posterior vitreous detachment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20066292
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,645 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 20066292.
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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to errors in duty to assist and for obtaining an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's glaucoma, photopsia, and posterior vitreous detachment resulted from his December 2014 left eye cataract surgery.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of a bilateral eye condition other than dry eye syndrome to ensure compliance with previous directives, including obtaining an addendum opinion that addresses the likely etiology of the claimed conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral posterior vitreous floaters and denied service connection for posterior vitreous detachment. Service connection for bilateral amblyopia and esotropia is also denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's vision impairment is related to his active service and remands the case for further development, including obtaining an opinion on whether any of his diagnosed eye conditions had their onset during service or are otherwise causally related.
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