Service connection for nonobstructive coronary artery disease is granted. Service connection for osteoporosis is denied. The issues regarding hypertension, pulmonary disease, calcifying plaquing distal abdominal aorta, right femoral endarterectomy, and peripheral vascular disease have been remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service records show active service in the Republic of Vietnam during the applicable period for herbicide exposure, which is presumed. The Board finds that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran has nonobstructive coronary artery disease and grants service connection on a presumptive basis.
- Claimed conditions
- Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease, Osteoporosis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18102199
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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