Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, a heart condition, and residuals of a stroke for further development.
The deciding factor: The March 2025 VA medical opinion is found to be inadequate due to its failure to address certain medications used for treating the Veteran's service-connected conditions and other relevant factors.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, heart condition, residuals of a stroke
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- 25014059
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