The Board denied service connection for ischemic heart disease and bilateral hearing loss disability, finding that the Veteran did not serve in a unit determined to have operated in the Korean DMZ between April 1, 1968 and August 31, 1971. The evidence failed to show herbicide exposure during service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's unit was not one of the units exposed to herbicides according to applicable provisions of the VA Adjudication Procedures Manual and did not visit the DMZ.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic Heart Disease, Bilateral Hearing Loss Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2018
- Citation
- 1803790
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