The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II (DMII) and bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to incomplete development of evidence regarding exposure to hazardous substances during service.
The deciding factor: Incomplete development of evidence regarding exposure to hazardous substances during service prevented a definitive determination on the etiology of the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II (DMII), peripheral neuropathy bilateral upper extremities, peripheral neuropathy bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2021
- Citation
- 21075343
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II (DMII), as secondary to a service-connected disability. The decision resolves reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran and finds that his obesity is due, at least in part, to his service-connected musculoskeletal disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for DMII, bilateral lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and bowel resection are granted. The claim for OSA is denied.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II (DMII) with bilateral lower extremity neuropathy and hypertension due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his active duty service. The Board found that there was no exposure to herbicide agents during service and that the Veteran did not have any in-service onset or relationship between his current conditions and his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has dismissed the appeals for increased evaluations of hypertension and tinnitus. The appeal for service connection for DMII is remanded due to a duty-to-assist error.
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