The Board denied service connection for high blood pressure and acid reflux, finding that the evidence did not support a nexus to Agent Orange exposure or secondary to service-connected ischemic heart disease.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a positive association between hypertension and Agent Orange exposure, nor is there sufficient evidence to find a secondary relationship with service-connected ischemic heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- High Blood Pressure, Acid Reflux
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2014
- Citation
- 1449352
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