Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to obtain an additional opinion on whether the Veteran's hypertension was aggravated by his service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 VA opinion is found inadequate as it does not address whether the Veteran's hypertension was aggravated beyond its natural progression by his service-connected low back condition.
- 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 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101796
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