The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy, due to a failure to properly consider whether the Veteran established entitlement to a VA medical examination or opinion.

The deciding factor: The Board failed to address whether the Veteran's lay evidence of in-service exposure and medical treatise evidence warranted entitlement to a medical opinion.

Claimed conditions

diabetes mellitus, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, head tremors, trembling hands, restless leg syndrome

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 1, 2025

Citation

25012325

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