Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of diabetes mellitus to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions provided were found inadequate as they did not fully address the legal criteria for secondary service connection and the obesity as an intermediate step theory of entitlement.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016287
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