Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for diabetes to schedule a VA examination to determine its nature and etiology, considering theories of direct service connection and secondary service connection via PTSD and bilateral pes planus.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary due to the need for an opinion on the relationship between the Veteran's diabetes and his service-connected conditions, as well as potential aggravation by those conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II (diabetes)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25002470
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