The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims for bilateral tinnitus, right knee osteoarthritis, and left knee osteoarthritis due to inadequate medical evidence.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's hypertension began during active service or was otherwise related to an in-service injury. The Board found that the AOJ committed predecisional duty to assist errors by failing to obtain adequate medical examination(s) and opinion(s) concerning the other claims.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, bilateral tinnitus, right knee osteoarthritis, left knee osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109592
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