The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and a compensable evaluation for multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: There is no medical opinion for service connection on a direct basis, nor is there an estimation of the date of onset of the Veteran's current hypertension disability. These deficiencies render the examination report inadequate and the AOJ's reliance on this examination report in rendering its decision means that the decision denying service connection is based on a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009611
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