The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for left eye corneal scar, claimed as left eye droop, should be remanded due to incomplete record development and potential need for additional medical evidence or examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further record development and possible need for updated VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye droop, left eye corneal scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20074216
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,020 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for the service-connected left eye corneal scar and remanded the claim for service connection for sleep apnea.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a left eye disability, including corneal scar, macular pucker, dry eye syndrome, and cataracts. The evidence does not support the claim that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active-duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a left eye disability, to include refractive amblyopia from congenital astigmatism, left eye nuclear cataracts, and left eye corneal scar, for further development of evidence regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's left eye corneal scar.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a left eye corneal scar, finding that it arose during active duty and is not related to the Veteran's refractive errors.
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