The Veteran's claims for hypertension service connection and a rating in excess of 30 percent for right eye conjunctivitis with keratoconus from February 1, 2018 are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to determine if any diagnosis of hypertension during service or related to service is at least as likely as not present.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye conjunctivitis, keratoconus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20077694
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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.
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