Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for additional development, including obtaining relevant treatment records and scheduling a new examination to clarify certain testing results and distinguish between symptoms of varicose veins and diabetic PVD.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to incomplete medical evidence and unclear distinctions in symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetic peripheral vascular disease (PVD), left lower extremity, Diabetic peripheral vascular disease (PVD), right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002941
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