Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension, to include as secondary to another service-connected disability, due to less than substantial compliance with a previous remand.
The deciding factor: There has been less than substantial compliance with the prior remand directives regarding scheduling of examinations and obtaining an opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25013678
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