The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete VA treatment records and a lack of Goldmann visual field charts. The Veteran's right eye corneal injury with posterior vitreous detachment remains at a 0 percent rating.
The deciding factor: Incomplete VA treatment records, specifically missing Goldmann visual field charts, were noted as not meeting the requirements for an examination of the visual fields.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye corneal injury, posterior vitreous detachment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2021
- Citation
- 21075309
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to errors in duty to assist and for obtaining an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's glaucoma, photopsia, and posterior vitreous detachment resulted from his December 2014 left eye cataract surgery.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of a bilateral eye condition other than dry eye syndrome to ensure compliance with previous directives, including obtaining an addendum opinion that addresses the likely etiology of the claimed conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral posterior vitreous floaters and denied service connection for posterior vitreous detachment. Service connection for bilateral amblyopia and esotropia is also denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's vision impairment is related to his active service and remands the case for further development, including obtaining an opinion on whether any of his diagnosed eye conditions had their onset during service or are otherwise causally related.
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