Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus and hypertension for further development, specifically to obtain an opinion on whether the Veteran's service-connected Bell's palsy aggravated his obesity which in turn caused or substantially contributed to his diabetes and hypertension.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to a lack of evidence addressing whether the Veteran's service-connected Bell's palsy aggravated his obesity, which may have led to his diabetes and hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25001894
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