The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a rating increase for his right foot disability and service connection for his right eye disability due to incomplete VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Incomplete VA examination reports did not address all of the Veteran's contentions and required range-of-motion findings in weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot second toe fracture, right eye pinguecula
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2023
- Citation
- 23045007
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including lumbar condition and PTSD, with specific ratings and effective dates.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left eye peripheral pterygium and right eye pinguecula, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between these conditions and his active service.
- Granted
The Veteran's left eye pterygium was rated at a noncompensable disability rating from March 24, 2010, to January 19, 2021. The Board granted a 10 percent rating for this period.,From January 20, 2021, the Veteran's left eye pterygium, right eye pinguecula, and bilateral cataracts were rated at a 40 percent disability rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral eye disability, a rating in excess of 20 percent for left shoulder strain, synovitis, rotator cuff impingement syndrome, tendonitis, labral tear, and degenerative joint disease, and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss due to inadequate medical opinions and outstanding VA treatment records.
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