The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type 2 due to a need for new VA opinions regarding direct and secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 medical opinions are inadequate as they do not address whether the Veteran's diabetes manifested in service or was related to service, nor do they consider the Veteran's lay statements or post-service diabetes-related notations.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type 2 (diabetes)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25031887
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Decisions by this judge: 913 · Granted: 41% (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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