Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to provide an appropriate examination and obtain additional medical opinions addressing the Veteran's theories of entitlement, including direct service connection and secondary service connection due to his service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions provided are found inadequate as they do not address the evidence submitted by the Veteran regarding a relationship between hypertension and both in-service exposure to toxins and service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098623
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