Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and diabetes as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities due to inadequate VA medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The October 2024 VA opinions were found inadequate because they did not properly address obesity as an intermediate step between the Veteran's knee disabilities and his claimed conditions, and did not consider the Veteran's specific medical history.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, type II diabetes mellitus (diabetes)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2025
- Citation
- 25004260
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