Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension, finding it to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided by a competent medical provider supported that the Veteran's hypertension is at least as likely as not proximately due to his service-connected thoracolumbar spine degenerative disc disease (DDD), while the VA examiner's opinion was given less weight.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25100912
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