Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to obtain an adequate VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The November 2023 VA medical opinion was found inadequate as it did not provide a rationale supporting the conclusion beyond that the Veteran was not diagnosed with hypertension in-service, and did not address the Veteran's statement of monitored high blood pressure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088128
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