Citation Nr: 20006334 Decision Date: 01/28/20 Archive Date: 01/24/20 DOCKET NO. 15-38 254 DATE: January 28, 2020 REMANDED Service connection for loss of bilateral vision is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from March 1968 to January 1972. In January 2015, the Veteran underwent a VA examination regarding his claim for service connection for loss of vision. However, this examination in inadequate for adjudication purposes and remand is necessary for a new examination. Additionally, in his January 2020 Informal Hearing Presentation, the Veteran stated that his military personnel records are not associated with his claims file and may contain evidence pertinent to his claim. On remand, attempts to obtain the Veteran’s complete military personnel file should be conducted. The matter is REMANDED for the following action: 1. Contact any appropriate source, to include the National Personnel Records Center, to obtain all of the Veteran’s service personnel records and associate them with the claims file. If any of these records are unavailable, a formal finding of unavailability should be sent to the Veteran, and a copy of that notice should be associated with the record. 2. Thereafter, schedule the Veteran for a VA examination with a qualified examiner to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran’s loss of vision. The examiner should opine as to whether it is at least as likely as not (50 percent or greater probability) that the Veteran’s loss of vision is causally or etiologically related to his military service, to include any injury or symptomatology therein. The examiner should opine as to whether it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran’s loss of vision was caused or aggravated by the Veteran’s service-connected chronic herpetic keratitis of the left eye. The rationale for all opinions must be provided. JOHN Z. JONES Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals A. Parrish, Attorney for the Board Department of Veterans Affairs 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 This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.