Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of diabetes type 2 due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's mental health disability and his diabetes.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opinions provided were found to be inadequate as they did not address potential aggravation by a mental health disability or obesity as an intermediate step, using an invalidated standard for causation.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes type 2
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090045
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