The Board has remanded the case for further development due to issues related to service connection for a bilateral foot disorder.,No specific rating or effective date was assigned in this decision.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed as there are no current diagnoses of weight loss disorder and metabolic disorder, other than diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- weight loss disorder, metabolic disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22003749
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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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