The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension, to include as secondary to a service-connected disability, due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 VA medical opinion is found inadequate because it failed to consider relevant evidence of elevated blood pressure readings during active service and did not provide an adequate rationale for the conclusion that the Veteran's hypertension was less likely than not related to her service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25104862
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