The Board has remanded the case due to a recent amendment to VA regulations, which now includes Type 2 diabetes as associated with exposure to Agent Orange. The appellant's claim for service connection for numbness and tingling of the arms, legs, and toes, secondary to Agent Orange exposure, should be recharacterized to include diabetes.
The deciding factor: The recent amendment to VA regulations has included Type 2 diabetes as a condition associated with exposure to Agent Orange. Therefore, the appellant's claim must be recharacterized to include diabetes in addition to his existing claim for numbness and tingling of the arms, legs, and toes, secondary to Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness, tingling, diabetes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2001
- Citation
- 0127300
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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.
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