Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for type II diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy due to new evidence. The VA will re-evaluate these claims considering all submitted evidence.
The deciding factor: New and relevant evidence, including reports of herbicide agent exposure during service in Korea, warrants readjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes mellitus, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25003230
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