Remanded (sent back)PACT Act
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction to allow for additional development, including verification of in-service toxic exposures and obtaining a medical opinion under the PACT Act.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to unverified in-service toxic exposures and to obtain a medical opinion compliant with the PACT Act requirements.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II (diabetes), hypertension, to include as secondary to diabetes, erectile dysfunction, to include as secondary to diabetes and/or hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25003311
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