The Board has granted service connection for ischemic heart disease due to presumed herbicide agent exposure during service. The claim for right ear hearing loss is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service in Vietnam and the presumption of herbicide agent exposure are established, but his right ear hearing loss was not found to be related to service based on a VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic heart disease, Right ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18138452
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