Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a compensable initial rating for hypertension due to an error by the AOJ that occurred prior to the AOJ decision on appeal.
The deciding factor: The pre-decisional duty-to-assist error requires another VA examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's hypertension, and obtaining outstanding private treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090436
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