The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral eye optic drusen and right ankle strain due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's diagnoses and service connection. Additional imaging of the right ankle is also required.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical opinions have been provided regarding the Veteran's current diagnoses and their relationship to his service-connected conditions, necessitating further examination and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye optic drusen, pseudopapilledema, papilledema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22026815
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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 service connection for a left eye disorder, including amblyopia and other conditions, as there was no evidence of aggravation beyond their natural progression during the Veteran's periods of active duty.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for papilledema has been dismissed due to the withdrawal of his appeal by his counsel.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral glaucoma, vitreous floaters, and papilledema. The Veteran asserts that these conditions are related to her service-connected left knee patellofemoral syndrome.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to incomplete medical opinions and missed examinations. The Veteran's claims for initial compensable disability rating for bilateral eye optic drusen and an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for a right ankle strain are pending.
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