Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an adequate VA examination to determine whether the Veteran's hypertension is related to service, specifically due to secondary causes such as his service-connected PTSD and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
The deciding factor: The need to remand is due to a deficiency in the record (additional facts are required) and the examiner's inability to provide an adequate opinion without resorting to speculation.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25003048
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