Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for hypertension and remanded the claims for service connection for a respiratory condition and congestive heart failure due to deficiencies in the duty to assist.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hypertension did not meet the criteria for a 10 percent rating, and there was insufficient evidence to establish service connection for the claimed conditions without further examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Respiratory condition (undetermined), Congestive heart failure (undetermined)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098056
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