The Board has decided to remand the case due to non-compliance with previous remand directives regarding a medical opinion on the relationship between the Veteran's left eye dry eye condition and her exposure to fiberglass during service.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the failure to provide an adequate opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current left eye dry eye syndrome is causally related to her exposure to fiberglass fragments, despite not having experienced a documented corneal abrasion in the left eye.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye dry eye syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22011853
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left eye retinal detachment, finding that it was not related to his exposure to herbicide agents or his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left eye recurrent infections and dry eye syndrome, but remanded the claims for left eye pinguecula and nuclear sclerosis and right eye nasal pterygium and nuclear sclerosis for further development.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for left eye dry eye syndrome, finding that his symptoms began in and have continued since service following PRK surgery.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient response from the VA examiner regarding the etiology and pathogenesis of dry eye syndrome, specifically in relation to the Veteran's exposure to fiberglass fragments during service.
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