The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II (DM) and neuropathies of the right lower extremity, left lower extremity, right upper extremity, and left upper extremity due to duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the June 2024 opinion was not adequate to decide the claim and did not comply with the Board's remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II (DM), neuropathy of the right lower extremity (RLE), neuropathy of the left lower extremity (LLE), neuropathy of the right upper extremity (RUE), neuropathy of the left upper extremity (LUE)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 20, 2026
- Citation
- A26005036
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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