Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for hypertension prior to May 10, 2023, and remanded the claim for a higher initial rating.
The deciding factor: The January 1979 rating decision was final, and no new and material evidence was submitted until June 30, 2023, making the effective date of May 10, 2023, appropriate.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107319
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