The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for a residual corneal scar of the right eye and service connection for optic nerve drusen with visual field defects of the left eye for further development, including obtaining private treatment records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to inadequate reasons or bases in addressing whether the criteria for a 10 percent rating under 38 C.F.R. § 4.118, Diagnostic Code 7800 for one characteristic figure of disfigurement had been satisfied and failure to satisfy its duty to assist by not obtaining relevant private treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Residual corneal scar of the right eye, Optic nerve drusen with visual field defects of the left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2021
- Citation
- 21062591
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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