The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, to include as secondary to service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, chemical exposure, and/or agent orange exposure, due to an inaccurate factual premise in a previous VA opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA opinion is based on an inaccurate factual premise that there was no evidence of hypertension during service, which contradicts records from February 1998, June 1999, and March 2001 indicating the Veteran had hypertension at those times.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive vascular disease (hypertension)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22000553
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for hypertension was withdrawn by the Veteran, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.
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