Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a heart condition, to include hypertension and cardiomyopathy, as further development is required.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to failure to comply with prior remand directives regarding an etiology opinion on the Veteran's in-service elevated blood pressure readings.
- Claimed conditions
- heart condition, to include hypertension and cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25013922
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