Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial compensable rating and increased rating for service-connected eye disabilities due to duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct duty-to-assist errors, including obtaining private medical records and Community Care program treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral presence of intraocular lens, claimed as cataracts, uveitic glaucoma hyphema syndrome (left eye)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109833
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