Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, rhinitis, sinusitis, and GERD as they require further development of evidence.
The deciding factor: The December 2022 VA opinions are not compliant with Spicer v. McDonough and did not provide an opinion on secondary service connection by aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, rhinitis, sinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089782
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