The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus caused or aggravated his peripheral vascular disease. The VA will need to provide an addendum opinion from a qualified examiner.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address whether the Veteran’s PVD was aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19143710
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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
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