Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and diverticulosis, claimed as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), to obtain adequate medical opinions addressing causation and aggravation.
The deciding factor: Inadequate medical opinions have not been obtained to address the Veteran's theories of secondary service connection involving his service-connected mental health disability with obesity as an intermediate step.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, diverticulosis, claimed as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018016
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