The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral eye disability to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing whether the reported in-service visual field impairment is related to his current glaucoma.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to an inadequate medical examination that failed to address the relationship between the in-service visual field impairment and the Veteran's current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye disability to include impairment of field vision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2024
- Citation
- 24003026
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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