Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits due to missing evidence and duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain additional VA treatment records and a medical opinion regarding the relationship between in-service elevated blood pressure and post-service conditions leading to the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Congestive heart failure, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087843
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