Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a VA examination to determine the severity of the Veteran's hypertension.
The deciding factor: The pre-decisional duty to assist error requires an adequate medical examination that contains all findings necessary to rate the disability.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089523
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