The Board has granted service connection for heart disease, including atherosclerotic coronary artery disease and an old myocardial infarction. The Veteran's PTSD is also found to be present and related to service.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran has ischemic heart disease due to in-service exposure to herbicide agents, which is presumed for those who served in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, Old myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1706876
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's heart disability and diabetes mellitus are granted service connection based on herbicide agent exposure in the Republic of Vietnam, with the benefit of doubt favoring the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange in Da Nang, Vietnam. The VA will need to verify this information and then obtain a medical opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not that the exposure could have resulted in the cause of death.
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