The Board has remanded the claim for service connection of a bilateral eye disorder, as it is inextricably intertwined with the Veteran's pending claim for diabetes mellitus type II.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s bilateral eye disorder is secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20073673
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including MDD and PTSD, as well as initial compensable ratings for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus. The claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, a bilateral eye disorder, asthma, and a skin disorder were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral eye disorder, to include as due to radiation exposure, finding that the evidence did not support an etiological relationship between the Veteran's service and his diagnosed conditions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for skeletal arthritis, a bilateral eye disorder, and peripheral neuropathy in both upper extremities.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left knee disorder, right knee disorder as secondary to the left knee disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, bilateral eye disorder, rhinitis, and left ear hearing loss.
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