Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of diabetes mellitus type II, to include as secondary to bilateral pes planus and associated depressive disorder, due to an inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The February 2023 VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate because it did not address whether the Veteran's service-connected conditions could be an aggravating factor of diabetes mellitus type II or if obesity, a potential intermediate cause, played a role in causing the condition.
- 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
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086689
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