The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding whether the Veteran's hypertensive vascular disease was aggravated by service. The claim will be returned for further examination and analysis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address whether the Veteran’s hypertension was aggravated by active duty service, which is a necessary determination for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertensive Vascular Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19104859
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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- Denied
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- Granted
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