Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a heart condition to provide a new VA examination and obtain medical opinions addressing whether the Veteran's diagnosed heart conditions are related to service or caused or aggravated by one or more service-connected disabilities, including hypertension.
The deciding factor: The June 2024 examination is inadequate due to facially contradictory statements in the same report without further clarification, and a remand is required to provide a new examination and obtain opinions based on an accurate understanding of the Veteran's medical history and current symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25014881
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