The Board remands the claims for service connection for loss of eyesight, a mental disorder, balance issue, and shaking uncontrollably to correct duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the October 2019 rating decision on appeal, including missing evidence and inadequate medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of eyesight, mental disorder, to include memory loss and conversion disorder, balance issue, diagnosed as peripheral vestibular disorder, shaking uncontrollably, diagnosed as unspecified movement disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24064969
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.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. §1151 for an increase in a mental disorder as a result of the March 2015 bilateral inguinal hernia surgery at the VAMC in Houston, Texas, is granted.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to a contributory role of his mental disorder, but denied entitlement to DIC under 38 U.S.C. � 1318 as it was moot given the grant.
- Denied
The appeal to reverse or revise the October 2007 and February 2014 rating decisions was denied as there was no clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in either decision.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased ratings as untimely, with no valid appeal under docket number 250102-497204.
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