The Board remands the claim for service connection for high myopia and retina hole to obtain an addendum VA opinion or a new examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary as the February 2024 medical opinion did not address whether the Veteran's preexisting myopia was clearly and unmistakably not aggravated beyond its natural progression by an in-service injury, event, or illness, and did not provide a separate medical opinion for the diagnosed retina hole.
- Claimed conditions
- high myopia, retina hole
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017090
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,135 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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