The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for diabetes mellitus type II is being remanded due to the need for clarification of a VA examination report.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not specify which conditions, if any, are associated with the Veteran's DM type II and whether these conditions are at least as likely as not (at least a 50 percent probability) due to his diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- DM type II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1603609
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied both issues: the revision of a January 1995 rating decision for cold weather injuries and the reopening of a claim for service connection for DM type II. The Veteran's new assertions regarding Agent Orange exposure were deemed redundant and did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claims.
- Granted
The Veteran's DM type II is presumed to have been incurred in service due to herbicide exposure. The Board granted service connection for this condition. Service connection was denied for hypertension and hyperlipidemia as there was no evidence of a clinically ascertainable disability.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for DM type II, a heart disability, and throat cancer. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to service or any other etiological factor.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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