Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to obtain a complete and adequate VA examination, as well as to verify the Veteran's periods of active duty, ACDUTRA, and INACDUTRA.
The deciding factor: The October 2021, January 2023, and May 2024 VA examination reports are incomplete because they did not discuss whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities or medications used to treat those disabilities contributed to or aggravated his 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
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100106
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