The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for diabetes and related conditions due to uncertainty about his exposure to Agent Orange or other potential service-related factors.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to determine if the Veteran was exposed to areas within 12 nautical miles of Vietnam while serving aboard U.S. Navy vessels, which could affect his claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes, bilateral upper extremity diabetic neuropathy, bilateral lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, bilateral diabetic retinopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22028919
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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.
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