The Veteran's diabetes mellitus is rated at 20 percent, and the Board has remanded for further development.,Service connection for Peyronie's disease is remanded as secondary to service-connected type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on the Veteran’s diabetes mellitus or Peyronie's disease, and these conditions are being remanded for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Peyronie's Disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20074822
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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