The veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes insipidus is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and development.
The deciding factor: Additional medical examination is required to determine if the veteran's current diabetes insipidus is related to a head injury sustained during service.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes insipidus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0424850
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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)
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for pituitary adenoma and its secondary conditions: chronic headache disability, right eye blindness, left eye partial blindness, seizure disorder, hypothyroidism, pituitary insufficiency, gynecomastia, and diabetes insipidus.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeals seeking service connection for various conditions, including skin cancer, diabetes mellitus, and peripheral neuropathy.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a new examination to determine the current severity of hypothyroidism and diabetes insipidus, as previous examinations did not adequately address the Veteran's symptoms.
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