The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the veteran's diabetes mellitus, as it may be related to herbicide exposure during service.
The deciding factor: The specific type of diabetes (Type I or Type II) needs to be established for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e).
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, Type I
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2004
- Citation
- 0416382
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inextricably intertwined issue of service connection for dementia claimed as secondary to a service-connected disability of diabetes mellitus. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims are being remanded to schedule a hearing before a Member of the Board at his local VA office.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's diabetes mellitus, Type I, does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 40 percent.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's diabetes mellitus, Type I, existed prior to service and was not aggravated by service. As a result, the claim for service connection is denied.
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