Partly granted
The Board grants service connection for hypertensive heart disease as secondary to the Veteran's already service-connected hypertension. The appeal is remanded for further development regarding a heart disability not yet service connected.
The deciding factor: The March 2025 VA opinion established a nexus between the Veteran's hypertension and his hypertensive heart disease, meeting the criteria for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive heart disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- 25014130
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