The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of diabetes mellitus, type II (DM2) due to insufficient examination and opinion regarding in-service prediabetic readings and obesity.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not adequately address the Veteran's in-service prediabetic readings and whether his obesity was proximately due or the result of service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II (DM2)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2022
- Citation
- 22040023
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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