Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection for hypertension to obtain a medical opinion on whether the condition preexisted and was aggravated during service.
The deciding factor: A pre-decisional duty-to-assist error occurred because a medical opinion addressing preexisting aggravation was not obtained before the April 2024 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25002175
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