The Veteran's appeal for service connection on all issues except arteriosclerotic heart disease (coronary artery disease) is dismissed. The Board finds that the Veteran has coronary artery disease, presumed to have been incurred due to herbicide exposure during his Vietnam service.
The deciding factor: VA regulations now presume ischemic heart disease, including coronary artery disease, as a disease associated with herbicide exposure in Vietnam veterans.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability, right hip disability, hearing loss, sinusitis, arteriosclerotic heart disease (coronary artery disease), hypertension, tinea pedis, right foot disability, left leg shell fragment wound scar
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2011
- Citation
- 1135302
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