The Veteran has been granted service connection for a heart condition, including as due to exposure to herbicide agents. The Board found that the Veteran's presumed exposure to Agent Orange and his diagnosed Ischemic Heart Disease meet the criteria for presumptive service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's presumed exposure to Agent Orange and his diagnosis of Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) are sufficient to establish service connection as IHD is an enumerated chronic disease associated with herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2018
- Citation
- 1805501
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The Board granted service connection for diabetes, ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and neuropathy of the right and left upper and lower extremities as secondary to diabetes due to herbicide exposure during the Veteran's service in Okinawa.
- Granted
Service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, due to ischemic heart disease and coronary heart disease, is granted based on presumed exposure to herbicides during service at U-Tapao RTAFB in Thailand.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues for further evidentiary development, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling new examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for ischemic heart disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, and peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities due to further development needed.
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