The Board remands the claim for a higher disability rating for diabetes mellitus type 2 due to the Veteran's failure to attend a scheduled VA examination without good cause, which was determined to be a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had good cause for missing the appointment due to car trouble and timely notification of the issue, but the AOJ did not provide sufficient time for him to contact them directly with this information before issuing the rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus type 2 (claimed with insulin)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101897
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 191 · Granted: 26% (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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