Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to request a medical opinion on whether service-connected hypertension or ischemic heart disease was a principal or contributory cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The failure to obtain and consider relevant VA treatment records constituted a pre-adjudicatory duty to assist error, triggering the need for a medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101769
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