Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's chronic systolic congestive heart failure was caused or aggravated by his service-connected anxiety with depression.
The deciding factor: The previous VA medical opinion did not address whether the Veteran's congestive heart failure was aggravated by his service-connected anxiety with depression, as required by Allen v. Brown, 7 Vet. App. 439 (1995).
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic systolic congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093177
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