The Veteran's claim for service connection for coronary atherosclerotic heart disease is granted, with an effective date of August 17, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was exposed to herbicide agents during his service at Korat RTAFB and the Board found that his coronary atherosclerotic heart disease falls within the scope of ischemic heart diseases for purposes of presumptive service connection due to herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary atherosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2019
- Citation
- A19000817
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