Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for hypertension based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded the issue to obtain a VA examination.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted since the December 2010 rating decision that showed the Veteran has a current diagnosis of hypertension, warranting readjudication. However, the Board found it necessary to remand for a new VA examination and medical opinions due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107562
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