Citation Nr: 20004262
Decision Date: 01/17/20	Archive Date: 01/17/20

DOCKET NO. 10-29 395
DATE: January 17, 2020

REMANDED

Entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for iritis is remanded.

REASONS FOR REMAND

The Veteran served on active duty from March 1980 to October 2008.  The claim was most recently before the Board in March 2018 when it was remanded for further development. The claim is remanded again because there has not been substantial compliance with the remand. Stegall v. West, 11 Vet. App. 268 (1998).

Entitlement to a higher rating for iritis

The Veteran was most recently appeared for a VA eye conditions examination in August 2017, at which time visual field testing was performed.  However, the Goldmann chart reflecting the results of that testing has not been associated with the Veteran’s claims file.  On remand, the chart should be obtained and added to the Veteran’s claims file.

The matter is REMANDED for the following action:

1. Obtain and associate with the Veteran’s claims file a copy of the Goldmann chart showing the results of visual field testing conducted upon VA examination in August 2017.  If the Goldman chart is not available, the Veteran should be afforded an additional VA eye conditions examination so that visual field testing can be carried out and the results associated with the claims file.

If another VA eye examination is needed, copies of all pertinent records must be made available to the examiner for review. 

The examiner should provide a full description of the eye disability and report all signs and symptoms necessary for evaluating the Veteran’s iritis.  The examiner should consider all applicable rating criteria (including the versions effective prior to and since May 13, 2018) in light of all pertinent diagnoses rendered at the examination, to include information regarding incapacitating episodes.

2. After the above development, and any additionally indicated development, has been completed, readjudicate the claim with specific consideration of the all versions of the rating criteria in effect from before December 10, 2008 to the present.  

 

M.E. Larkin

Veterans Law Judge

Board of Veterans’ Appeals

Attorney for the Board	T. Joseph, Associate Counsel

The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential, and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.