The Board remands the claim for service connection of diabetes mellitus, type 2 to obtain an adequate VA opinion regarding its etiology.
The deciding factor: The October 2023 VA opinion was found inadequate due to internal inconsistencies and lack of supporting data.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, type 2
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018185
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,287 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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