The Board remands the matter for an appropriate VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's DMII, as the AOJ failed to properly notify the Veteran of a scheduled examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to duty to assist errors in notifying the Veteran of a scheduled examination and obtaining a medical opinion based on the evidence already of record.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus type II (DMII)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109205
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Decisions by this judge: 2,549 · Granted: 29% (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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