The Board remands the matter for another attempt at securing a VA examination due to lack of substantial compliance with previous directives.
The deciding factor: The record indicates that the Veteran was not afforded a VA examination, and there has been no substantial compliance with the Board's directive to obtain one.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye chorioretinal scars and photophobia with visual field defect secondary to toxoplasmosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2024
- Citation
- 24033597
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Decisions by this judge: 1,113 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 10 percent and 20 percent for left eye chorioretinal scars and photophobia with visual field defect secondary to toxoplasmosis from February 13, 2013 to May 20, 2014 and from May 21, 2014 respectively.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for additional development to ensure adequate attempts are made to schedule a VA examination for the Veteran's left eye disability.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
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