The Board denied service connection for disabilities resulting from exposure to Agent Orange, finding no evidence of such conditions in the veteran's medical records.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing that the veteran has any disability related to exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- sarcoma, gastrointestinal (GI) problems
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0622849
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was granted due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service in Vietnam under the PACT Act. The claim for sarcoma was remanded for further evaluation.
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