Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of a left eye disorder. The VA needs to provide medical opinions on each diagnosis and determine if any preexisting conditions were aggravated during service.
The deciding factor: The Board did not adequately analyze all diagnoses beyond amblyopia, requiring further development.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye disorder, amblyopia, band keratopathy, blepharitis, cataracts, chorioretinal scar (including macula scarring), choroidal nevus, dry age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), dry eyes syndrome, myopic degeneration (including peripapillary atrophy), esotropia, optic nerve pallor, papilledema, peripheral visual field defect, presbyopia, pseudophakia, staphyloma, strabismus
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25001018
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