The Board has determined that the Veteran's eye disabilities, including macular degeneration and Stargardt's macular dystrophy, may have preexisted service. The Board requests a medical opinion to determine if these conditions were aggravated by service or are otherwise related to in-service events.
The deciding factor: The Board requested an examination to determine whether the Veteran's eye disabilities preexisted service and were not aggravated during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Stargardt's macular dystrophy, Best's macular dystrophy, cone-rod dystrophy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2022
- Citation
- 22060776
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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 claims of service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the left and right upper extremities due to further development being necessary.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's cone-rod dystrophy was incurred in service, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's macular dystrophy was not incurred in or aggravated by service and denied his claim.
- Granted
The Board has found that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for Stargardt's macular dystrophy.
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