Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for type II diabetes mellitus as secondary to hypertension for a new VA opinion.
The deciding factor: The September 2023 VA opinion was found inadequate and a new opinion is warranted due to an improper reference to 'proximate causation' in the previous opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011846
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