The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for lipoma and defective stereopsis due to potential inconsistencies in medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s defective stereopsis is a congenital defect, but did not provide an opinion on whether any additional disability was superimposed upon this condition during service or if it had its onset in service. The Board requires further clarification from the examiner regarding these points.
- Claimed conditions
- lipoma, defective stereopsis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2021
- Citation
- 21010248
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim of service connection for neck scar as secondary to lipoma because there is no evidence that the lipoma or its removal was related to service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for arrhythmia and a bilateral eye disability, but denied service connection for lipoma.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a bilateral foot disability, diagnosed as plantar fasciitis, and a right shoulder disability, diagnosed as right shoulder strain. The claims for left knee, right knee, and lipoma were denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for acne, to include as secondary to a service-connected psychiatric disorder, and dismissed the appeals for lipoma, migraine headaches, and sleep apnea condition. The claim for a neck and cervical spine condition was remanded.
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