Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of high blood pressure is sent back to the VA for further review. The VA needs to provide a complete medical opinion on whether the veteran's hypertension is caused or aggravated by their service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VA did not fully address whether the veteran's hypertension was aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- high blood pressure (hypertension), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25004646
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