Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus type II due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an adequate VA medical opinion with sufficient rationale.
The deciding factor: The April 2024 VA examiner's opinions did not provide an adequate rationale regarding whether the Veteran's diabetes was caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability and failed to address the medical articles submitted by the Veteran in support of his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus type II
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088519
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