The Board has determined that the Veteran's iritis disability requires further examination and evaluation due to conflicting information regarding visual field defects, as well as changes in regulations concerning incapacitating episodes. The case is being remanded for a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: Changes in regulatory criteria have affected how incapacitating episodes are evaluated, necessitating a fresh assessment of the Veteran's condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Iritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20078051
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for herpes zoster and its residuals, including iritis, keratoconjunctivitis, uveitis, left eye pain, decreased vision, dry eye, episcleritis, astigmatism, myopia, left eyelid changes, and left eye glaucoma is granted. The Veteran's right and left wrist disability claim is denied. The Veteran's residuals of heat-related injury claim is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for service-connected chronic iritis. The remaining issues of entitlement to service connection for right and left ankle disabilities, as well as the issue of a compensable rating prior to January 24, 2011 and in excess of 10 percent thereafter for service-connected thoracolumbar strain are remanded.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back disorder, bilateral knee disorders (left and right), left ankle disorder, bilateral plantar fasciitis, iritis, and tinnitus are related to service.,Service connection is granted for a low back disorder, bilateral knee disorders (left and right), left ankle disorder, bilateral plantar fasciitis, iritis, and tinnitus.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not render him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.
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