Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of diabetes mellitus type II due to inadequate medical examination. A new opinion is required.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's negative nexus opinion was inadequate because it relied primarily on the lack of contemporaneous medical evidence without explaining why this was more persuasive than the Veteran's lay statements.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007441
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