Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an eye disability as secondary to service-connected epilepsy due to inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions are not consistent with the Federal Circuit's holding in Spicer, which clarified the standard to be applied to secondary service connection claims. An additional opinion is needed to address both causation and aggravation of the nonservice-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- blindness with macular degeneration and pseudophakia (eye disability)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25107795
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