The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to concerns about the nature and etiology of the Veteran's stroke event, which is believed to be related to his service-connected seizure disorder.
The deciding factor: The stroke that caused the Veteran's blindness may have been caused by a seizure, but further examination is needed to clarify this relationship.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral blindness, Functional vision loss, left eye
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2024
- Citation
- 24006870
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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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