Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to obtain additional evidence regarding the Veteran's duty status and potential toxic exposure during his Reserve and National Guard service.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on pre-decisional duty to exist errors necessitating a remand for further development of the record.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109139
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