The Board has ordered remand due to the need for additional VA examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's service-connected left eye disabilities, specifically his visual field defect.
The deciding factor: The examiner is requested to provide a specific opinion regarding whether any visual defect found in the Veteran's left eye is attributable to any service-connected left eye disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye pseudophakia, left eye maculopathy, bilateral eye retinal scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22012106
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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 has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left eye primary open angle glaucoma, optic nerve atrophy, and pseudophakia as these conditions are not related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of left eye post-retinal detachment, to include left eye retinal scarring, left eye maculopathy, and left eye cataract.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral endothelial corneal dystrophy (Fuchs' dystrophy) and left eye pseudophakia as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected Type II diabetes mellitus, but remanded the claim for right eye cataract.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for left eye disability, finding that his visual acuity was at least 20/20 in both eyes and did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under applicable diagnostic codes.
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