The Board has remanded the claims for service connection of Reiter's syndrome, uveitis/iritis of the bilateral eyes, glaucoma, and high blood pressure (hypertension) as secondary to service-connected syphilis due to inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not provide adequate rationale for their conclusions regarding proximate causation or aggravation in the claims for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Reiter's syndrome, uveitis/iritis of the bilateral eyes, glaucoma, bilateral eyes, high blood pressure (hypertension)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2023
- Citation
- 23065121
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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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