Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and lumbosacral strain with radiculopathy due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions obtained prior to the AOJ decision did not address all theories of entitlement, specifically a direct theory of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension (claimed as high blood pressure), lumbosacral strain and radiculopathy right lower extremity, sciatic nerve (claimed as back pain with arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016308
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