Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension, to include as secondary to service-connected hypothyroidism, for further development and a supplemental opinion.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the pathophysiology of the Veteran's hypertension and whether his service-connected hypothyroidism caused or aggravated obesity, which in turn contributed to his hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25002430
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