The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a bilateral eye disability, to include as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus, and for TDIU prior to December 30, 2008. The remand is due to incomplete development of evidence.
The deciding factor: Incomplete development of evidence was found in the case, including failure to obtain an addendum medical opinion and a VA examination as requested by the Board's previous remands.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral nuclear sclerosis, Bilateral dermatochalazia, Maculopathy/macular edema of the right eye, Bilateral dry eye/blepharitis, Bilateral nasal pinguecula, Pseudophakia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22065686
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Veteran's limitations in performing activities of daily living are consistent with being unable to sustain himself in the community, warranting Tier 2 benefits under the PCAFC program.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request to revise a January 2016 rating decision that assigned an 80 percent disability rating for bilateral macular degeneration with pseudophakia, finding no clear and unmistakable error (CUE). The effective date remains December 12, 2014.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected bilateral retinal scars with left eye maculopathy and pseudophakia are currently rated at 30 percent since March 23, 2020. Prior to this date, the disability was not considered disabling enough for a higher rating.
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