The Board remands the claim for service connection of diabetes type II, secondary to degenerative arthritis of the spine, due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided by the AOJ did not address whether the Veteran's diabetes type II was caused or aggravated by his service-connected degenerative arthritis of the spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes type II
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25046502
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Decisions by this judge: 1,861 · Granted: 27% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of December 28, 2017 for the grant of a 40 percent rating for peripheral neuropathy with involvement of the sciatic nerve in both lower extremities associated with diabetes type II.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes type II and kidney stones as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service, manifested within one year of service, or were otherwise related to an in-service injury, disease, or exposure.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes type II, peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities, and neuropathy of the right and left arms. An effective date of May 28, 2020, was granted for the grant of service connection for arteriosclerotic heart disease status post coronary artery bypass graft and atrial fibrillation.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD and right hand scar, but denied service connection for other claimed conditions including diabetes type II, erectile dysfunction, headaches, heart disease, obstructive sleep apnea, left shoulder injury, left hand injury, lower back injury, right shoulder injury, upper back injury, and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss disability.
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