The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension due to a lack of evidence showing that it was incurred in or related to his military service.,The Board has remanded several issues including tinnitus, back condition as secondary to PTSD, diabetes as secondary to PTSD, and neuropathy conditions. The Veteran is required to provide additional information about the nature and cause of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that hypertension was incurred in or related to service.,Additional development is needed to determine if tinnitus, back condition, diabetes, neuropathy conditions, and sleep condition are related to service or other causes.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, tinnitus, back condition, diabetes, right upper extremity neuropathy, left upper extremity neuropathy, right lower extremity neuropathy, left lower extremity neuropathy, headaches, sleep condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20002662
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 21, 2021, for the grant of service connection for hypertension.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and bilateral vision condition was dismissed. Service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including prostate cancer and related disabilities, urinary incontinence, sleep apnea, hypertension, varicose veins, lumbar spine disability, hip arthritis, shoulder arthritis, ankle arthritis, knee strain, knee replacement, and hand arthritis. The only condition granted was a 10 percent rating for a fracture of the right proximal first metacarpal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
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