The Board has remanded the cases for additional medical opinions regarding service connection for bilateral eye convergence insufficiency and goiter, including consideration of exposure to toxins or secondary conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish a direct nexus between the current conditions and service-connected GERD, nor is there sufficient evidence to support presumptive service connection due to exposure to toxins under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral eye convergence insufficiency, Goiter
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2024
- Citation
- 24031557
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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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