The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for Type I Diabetes Mellitus and Right Foot Condition due to inadequate examination and lack of contemporaneous medical evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide a thorough opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's diabetes and foot conditions, as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- Type I Diabetes Mellitus, Right Foot Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20080693
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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