Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of a higher disability rating for bilateral optic neuropathy due to a duty to assist error and insufficient evidence regarding visual field defects.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence regarding visual field defects necessitates a new VA eye examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Optic Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094917
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