The Board remands the claim for a new VA opinion to determine if the Veteran's DISH is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes.
The deciding factor: The September 2024 VA opinion was inadequate, and an addendum opinion is needed to address the Veteran's risk factors for DISH due to diabetes or obesity.
- Claimed conditions
- diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25039306
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Decisions by this judge: 2,199 · Granted: 25% (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.
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