The Board remands the claims for service connection for retinopathy or maculopathy and unspecified anxiety disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: There was an insufficient medical opinion on whether the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder is related to his service, and there were issues with notice regarding the filing of his eye condition claim.
- Claimed conditions
- retinopathy or maculopathy (claimed as a vision condition), unspecified anxiety disorder (claimed as PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25031418
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Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder (claimed as PTSD) is dismissed because the issue has been fully addressed by granting service connection for persistent depressive disorder with other specified personality disorder to include alcohol use disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder (claimed as PTSD) based on the stress experienced working with missile systems during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for a compensable disability rating for unspecified anxiety disorder and service connection for syncopal episodes of unknown etiology are being remanded due to the addition of new evidence since previous decisions.
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