Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of hypertension, not based on the PACT Act, is remanded. The Board needs to address direct service connection and obtain a VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The Board erred in its previous decision by failing to adjudicate the claim under a theory of direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25002671
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