Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of hypertension is remanded. The Board needs more information to decide if the veteran's hypertension was aggravated by a service-connected cardiac arrhythmia.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinions were inadequate because they addressed the natural progression of the condition rather than the worsening of functionality.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, essential hypertension
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25000552
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