The Board remands the matter for additional development, including obtaining all outstanding VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected bilateral diabetic retinopathy.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to ensure substantial compliance with prior directives and to obtain additional medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus type II, Erectile dysfunction, Diabetic retinopathy of both eyes
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2024
- Citation
- 24032254
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.
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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