Remanded (sent back)PACT Act
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to correct a duty to assist error, specifically regarding an adequate medical opinion on causation and aggravation by service-connected conditions and TERA exposure.
The deciding factor: The January 2023 medical opinion was inadequate as it failed to address whether the Veteran's mental health disorders aggravated his claimed hypertension, and there was no TERA-specific medical opinion despite conceded TERA participation.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109171
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