Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for heart disease, to include coronary artery disease, as it requires a VA examination with an opinion addressing whether the Veteran's heart condition is proximately caused by or aggravated by any of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The June 2023 VA medical opinions were inadequate because they did not address secondary service connection and failed to discuss whether the Veteran's heart condition is proximately due to obesity that he asserts is due to his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disease, to include coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016969
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