Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a heart disability and cause of death due to incomplete medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The opinion provided is deemed incomplete as it did not address whether in-service stress and radiation exposure caused the claimed heart conditions, as directed in the October 2024 Board remand.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disability (hypertension, atrial fibrillation, mitral regurgitation, status post biventricular ICD implantation, and dilated cardiomyopathy)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25001583
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