Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of pterygium to schedule a VA examination and obtain an adequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: Insufficient competent medical evidence is available, and an inadequate private medical opinion was provided.
- Claimed conditions
- pterygium
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25015936
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