The Board remands the claim for service connection of right lower extremity peripheral arterial disease to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether it is aggravated by hypertension.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 VA opinion was found inadequate due to providing an opinion on a non-service-connected condition and failing to address significant legal issues regarding secondary service connection for aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity peripheral arterial disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090403
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease, Type II diabetes, and hypertension under the PACT Act. Peripheral arterial diseases were also granted as secondary to service-connected conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's hypertension is granted as a result of the PACT Act, which now presumes service connection for hypertension due to herbicide exposure.,Service connection is granted for right and left lower extremity peripheral arterial disease based on herbicide exposure. Service connection is also granted for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to alcohol abuse related to PTSD.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment prior to September 5, 2018. The decision grants a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for this period.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking a TDIU for the period on appeal from June 14, 2010. The Board has determined that she meets the criteria for a TDIU during this period.,For the period prior to June 14, 2010, the Veteran's combined disability rating did not meet the percentage standards set forth in 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a), so her claim is being referred to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular TDIU consideration under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b).
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