Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims for bilateral hand, hip, knee, and lumbosacral arthritis to provide further development.
The deciding factor: The September 2025 TERA opinion concluded it was less likely than not that the Veteran's hypertension was caused by exposure at Camp Lejeune. For the arthritic conditions, an examination is needed as there are favorable findings for diagnoses but no evidence linking them to service.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, left hand arthritis, right hand arthritis, left hip arthritis, right hip arthritis, left knee arthritis, right knee arthritis, lumbosacral arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102298
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