The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's vision disorders and their relationship to service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion on all diagnosed vision disabilities or address both causation and aggravation in a separate manner.
- Claimed conditions
- Impaired vision, Mild nuclear cataract, Lagophthalmos, Bilateral dry eye, Right eye punctate keratitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2021
- Citation
- 21027895
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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
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