The Board remands the claim for further development to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's pancreas disability, including whether it is related to service or secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was deemed inadequate due to incomplete review of medical records and failure to address the specific questions posed by the Board regarding causation and aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreas disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25014936
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,272 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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