The Veteran's ischemic heart disease, including unstable angina, atherosclerotic heart disease, and acute myocardial infarction, is presumed to have been the result of disease or injury incurred in service and the criteria for an award of service connection for purposes of entitlement to retroactive benefits have been met.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's ischemic heart disease was diagnosed during his lifetime and is presumptively associated with herbicide agent exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease, unstable angina, atherosclerotic heart disease, acute myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2018
- Citation
- 1806470
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