The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus, left ankle disability, disabilities of the eye, and erectile dysfunction due to additional development being required.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on new precedent from the Court regarding obesity as an intermediate step to service connection for diabetes. The Board also noted deficiencies in the VA examiner’s opinion related to the Veteran's left ankle condition and its relationship to his service-connected left knee condition, as well as the need to address whether the Veteran's shoes may have caused his Haglund's deformity.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II, left ankle disability (including degenerative joint disease and Haglund’s deformity), disabilities of the eye, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2021
- Citation
- 21014268
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction was denied as the evidence did not show that he had been diagnosed and manifested to at least a 10 percent disability rating on or prior to May 8, 2001.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, visual impairment, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction due to lack of exposure to herbicide agents during service. The Veteran's claims were not granted.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the claims for sleep apnea and an increased disability rating for diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD. The decision finds that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II is proximately due to his service-connected PTSD.
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