The Veteran's right eye disability remains on appeal as the RO has not provided a rating in excess of 10 percent. The case is being remanded to obtain any outstanding VA and private treatment records, particularly those from October 2021.
The deciding factor: The Veteran underwent laser treatment in October 2021 that may provide additional information about his right eye disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye solar retinopathy, choroidal neovascular membrane with scotoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21071834
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the Veteran's failure to attend a scheduled VA examination and for obtaining updated treatment records. The examiner is requested to assess the current severity of his service-connected right eye disorder, including any new symptoms such as flashes of light and loss of depth perception.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an untimely VA Form 9 and the need for additional private treatment records. The Veteran's conditions include right eye solar retinopathy and choroidal neovascular membrane, which were previously granted service connection but not rated appropriately.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right eye solar retinopathy is related to his exposure to sunlight glare off of the ocean while serving aboard Navy ships, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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