The Board remands the Veteran's appeal for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the etiology of his hypertension.
The deciding factor: The AOJ failed to fulfill its duty to assist in substantiating the Veteran's appeal due to incomplete record review and lack of medical opinions addressing the probability of whether the Veteran's hypertension was incurred during his National Guard and/or Reserve service, as well as potential secondary causes related to his service-connected disabilities.
- 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 28, 2025
- Citation
- 25014340
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