Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to obtain an additional opinion regarding its relationship to the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The July 2020 VA examination report was found inadequate as it did not provide a direct service connection opinion and instead relied on the absence of hypertension in the list of diseases associated with Camp Lejeune exposure, despite other relevant factors.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- 25002554
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