Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to obtain an addendum opinion addressing direct service connection, as the AOJ failed to secure an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current hypertension is directly related to his active-duty service.
The deciding factor: The AOJ committed a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error by failing to obtain an etiological opinion regarding direct service connection for hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085259
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