The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development and lack of a SSOC. The Veteran's vision disability, including refractive errors, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, cataracts, astigmatism, and presbyopia are being reviewed for service connection.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional medical examination to address the claims related to the Veteran's vision disabilities and their relationship to his diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Vision Disability, Refractive Error (Astigmatism), Presbyopia, Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma, Cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2024
- Citation
- 24002920
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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