The Veteran's service connection claim for congestive heart failure with idiopathic cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease is granted, as the conditions are presumed to be due to herbicide exposure. The secondary service connection claim for PTSD and/or scar, shell fragment wound, of the right arm is also granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current conditions are presumed to be due to herbicide exposure, and his service-connected PTSD and/or scar, shell fragment wound, of the right arm is found to cause or aggravate his idiopathic cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease resulting in congestive heart failure.
- Claimed conditions
- Congestive Heart Failure, Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Artery Disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1043337
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