Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for ocular hypertension, as secondary to service-connected hypertension, due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The October 2023 VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate because it did not address whether the Veteran's ocular hypertension was aggravated by his service-connected systemic hypertension and lacked a reasoned medical explanation connecting the conclusion to supporting data.
- Claimed conditions
- ocular hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090602
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