The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and a new opinion regarding VA's efforts to follow up with the Veteran after his diagnosis of glaucoma.
The deciding factor: The November 2023 opinion was inadequate as it did not address the specific questions asked by the Board, and VA must obtain relevant SSA records.
- Claimed conditions
- vision impairment
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2024
- Citation
- 24031496
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 bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy but denied service connection for a dental disability, vision impairment, and a right-hand disability.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for inguinal hernia, hypertension, left shoulder condition, and vision impairment was dismissed due to untimely filing of the notice of disagreement. The claims for headaches, OSA, IBS, and bilateral hearing loss were denied as there is no evidence linking these conditions to military service.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during its pendency.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a vision impairment condition to obtain an addendum VA medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's vision impairment condition.
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