Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of diabetes mellitus, type II, secondary to tension headaches and bilateral radiculopathy is remanded. The Board will reconsider the evidence.
The deciding factor: The examiner's rationale precluded considering if service-connected disabilities led to obesity, which is a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25004148
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