Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of a heart condition is remanded. The Board needs more information to determine if the preexisting heart condition was aggravated during active service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was not afforded a VA examination to determine whether the preexisting heart condition was aggravated in/during service.
- Claimed conditions
- heart condition
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005219
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