Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of hypertension secondary to a service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as additional development is needed regarding the relationship between the Veteran's obesity and her mental health disability.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the need for an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's obesity was caused or aggravated by her service-connected psychiatric disability, and if so, whether this contributed to her hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094591
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