The Board remands the claims for an increased rating and TDIU due to the Veteran's bilateral eye disabilities, as well as other issues related to employment impairment.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that additional development is necessary to properly address the Veteran's employment impairment and the potential for extraschedular consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic vitritis and birdshot chorioretinopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2024
- Citation
- 24031956
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 a disability rating of 60 percent for chronic vitritis and birdshot chorioretinopathy from May 13, 2018, but denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent prior to that date and also denied entitlement to Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU).
- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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