Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 30 percent for right eye disability resulting in diplopia, including consideration of a separate rating for headaches, due to an insufficient VA medical opinion on whether the service-connected right eye disability aggravated the nonservice-connected headaches.
The deciding factor: The December 2024 VA examiner's opinion is based on an incorrect premise that the Veteran had a head injury in service, and that said injury caused the right eye disability. Therefore, there has not been substantial compliance with the August 2024 Board remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- diplopia, headaches
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25003795
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