Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II and an initial compensable rating for hypertension due to missing evidence.
The deciding factor: The AOJ committed pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors by not obtaining necessary addendum opinions and private treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, type II, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25102946
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