The Veteran's right eye vision loss is being remanded for a proper VA examination to determine if it qualifies as a 'qualifying additional disability' under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an adequate rationale in the October 2019 opinion regarding whether the Veteran's loss of vision constitutes a qualifying additional disability under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
- Claimed conditions
- Right eye vision loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2024
- Citation
- A24034900
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and type 2 diabetes mellitus, while denying service connection for shin splints, left lower extremity, an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and right eye vision loss.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for right eye vision loss due to cataract surgery, finding that the current condition was not proximately caused by VA carelessness or negligence.
- Granted
The Veteran's right eye vision loss is deemed a qualifying additional disability resulting from VA medical treatment, and the cause of this disability was an event not reasonably foreseeable. Therefore, the Veteran is entitled to compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for his right eye vision loss.
- Denied
The Veteran's right eye vision loss is not service-connected, and the cause of death (prostate cancer) has no known connection to service or a service-connected condition.,Service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death cannot be established as prostate cancer did not contribute substantially to his death.
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