The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for his eye disability, which includes BRVO, chronic macular edema, and residuals of surgery, is being remanded due to the need to provide notice of old criteria for rating eye disabilities and possibly rate under new criteria.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to inform the Veteran about both the old and new criteria for rating eye disabilities as they apply to his case.
- Claimed conditions
- branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), chronic macular edema, residuals of surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2024
- Citation
- A24058105
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for a separate compensable disability rating for right eye visual impairment associated with type II diabetes mellitus, previously identified as nuclear sclerotic cataract and branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) of the right eye. The VA examiner will be asked to review the expanded record and provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's balance issues are etiologically related to his service-connected eye disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection for branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) is granted. The appeal regarding other eye disabilities and a respiratory/pulmonary disorder is remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current left eye conditions are related to his service-connected tuberculosis and not due to VA treatment. The Veteran is also entitled to a remand for further examination regarding whether he experienced any increase in disability as a result of the June 2010 and November 2010 SLT procedures.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran did not serve in Vietnam and was not exposed to herbicides, thus denying service connection for his right eye disability.
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