Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for brain hemorrhage, subdural hematoma, claimed as brain bleed, due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding whether the condition is secondary to a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The opinion provided by the VA examiner was not adequate because it did not address whether the Veteran's service-connected hypertension may have aggravated his claimed subdural hematoma and merely repeated the diagnosis without further discussion.
- Claimed conditions
- brain hemorrhage, subdural hematoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109746
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