Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and hypertension to the AOJ for further development, as the AOJ failed to substantially comply with the Board's May 2025 remand instructions.
The deciding factor: The AOJ obtained insufficient medical opinions that did not address whether the Veteran's liver infection residuals caused or aggravated his diabetes mellitus and/or hypertension, including considering obesity as an intermediate step.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- 25014354
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