Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error and obtain an adequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The August 2025 VA opinion was found inadequate due to failure to consider all relevant evidence, including lay contentions and STRs documenting in-service symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25094105
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