Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a heart disability and hypertension, as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), due to an inadequate medical nexus opinion.
The deciding factor: The medical nexus opinion provided is inadequate because it does not address whether the Veteran's PTSD aggravated his heart condition or hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disability, 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
- 25014346
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