The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate opinions from VA examiners regarding the etiology of the Veteran's left eye corneal scar and/or corneal opacity. The examiner must consider the Veteran's reported history of injury during service, as well as prior clinical findings.
The deciding factor: The opinion is not responsive to the Board's instructions and does not adequately address all questions posed in the remand.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye corneal scar, corneal opacity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2021
- Citation
- 21069186
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for disability ratings and TDIU have been dismissed due to his death.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for the service-connected left eye corneal scar and remanded the claim for service connection for sleep apnea.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a left eye disability, including corneal scar, macular pucker, dry eye syndrome, and cataracts. The evidence does not support the claim that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active-duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a left eye disability, to include refractive amblyopia from congenital astigmatism, left eye nuclear cataracts, and left eye corneal scar, for further development of evidence regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's left eye corneal scar.
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