The Board remanded the case to obtain additional medical opinions and reconsider the veteran's eye disabilities, including potential unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's statement and a September 2022 VA exam indicated the Veteran's eye disability impacted his employability.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified optic atrophy, drusen (degenerative) of the right macula, scotoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25006206
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Decisions by this judge: 868 · Granted: 42% (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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Granted
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