The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral eye disability is related to service-connected conditions or presumed herbicide exposure. The case will be returned for further development and consideration.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not consider the possibility of direct service connection as due to in-service herbicide exposure, which was necessary for a complete evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye macular degeneration, right eye non-exudative macular degeneration, bilateral pseudophakia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23044527
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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