The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and bladder cancer due to insufficient evidence regarding potential toxic exposure risk activities, including burn pits.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in fully developing the Veteran's claimed exposure to toxic agents.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II, bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25053599
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
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- Denied
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