Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an adequate medical examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions provided were found insufficient, necessitating further development to determine the etiology of the Veteran's hypertension in relation to his TERA exposures.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089781
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