Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues for further development, including obtaining a new TERA memorandum and appropriate VA opinions to determine if the Veteran's claimed conditions are related to his service exposure.
The deciding factor: The AOJ did not comply with the Board's March 2024 remand directives regarding the consideration of all toxic exposure risk activities in determining whether the Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, and low testosterone were caused by or aggravated by such exposures.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes mellitus, neuropathy of the right lower extremity, neuropathy of the left lower extremity, hypertension, low testosterone
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25003513
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