The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disability. The Veteran is seeking service connection for hypoglycemia and an unspecified depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions are needed to determine if the Veteran's current diagnoses of hypoglycemia and unspecified depressive disorder are related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypoglycemia, Acquired Psychiatric Disability (Unspecified Depressive Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25000129
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 910 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's IBS was granted, while other claims for service connection were denied or remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran is in need of personal care services for a minimum of six continuous months due to his hypoglycemia and left-sided weakness from a stroke. The PCAFC eligibility determination was remanded as it did not consider whether participation would be in the Veteran's best interest.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability was rated at 50 percent prior to September 23, 2019. The appeal for a higher rating is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's death was not service-connected, and the claim for DIC benefits is denied. The cause of death listed as encephalopathy secondary to hypoglycemia due to diabetes mellitus type II is presumed service-connected based on herbicide exposure during service aboard USS Buck (DD-761). However, the remand is required to determine if the Veteran was exposed in the offshore waters of Vietnam.
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