Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease, including as secondary to service-connected PTSD, and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to April 6, 2016, due to an unclear opinion regarding aggravation.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary to obtain clarification or a new opinion from the VA examiner regarding whether the Veteran's CAD and/or hypertensive heart disease have been aggravated by service-connected disabilities, particularly including PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease (CAD), Hypertensive heart disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25012546
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