Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for right eye chronic vision impairment is remanded. The Board found errors in VA's duty to assist the Veteran, including failing to obtain relevant private treatment records and providing an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The Board identified pre-decisional duty to assist errors by VA, including not obtaining private treatment records and providing an inadequate medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye chronic vision impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005192
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