Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and gastroesophageal reflux disease to obtain additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinions were found inadequate due to reliance on inaccurate factual premises regarding the Veteran's conditions during the review period.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II (DMII), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107130
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