Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of a heart condition is remanded. The VA needs to provide an adequate medical examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA did not provide a nexus opinion in the May 2023 examination, making it inadequate to adjudicate the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- heart condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25005880
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