The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with chronic ventricular arrhythmias, claimed as due to exposure to Agent Orange and diabetes mellitus is granted.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin condition, presumed due to exposure to Agent Orange is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with chronic ventricular arrhythmias was proximately due to his service-connected type II diabetes mellitus.,At no point during the appeal were the Veteran's scars painful, tender, or unstable, and the total area of the scar is less than 39 square centimeters (cm).
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with chronic ventricular arrhythmias, Skin condition (presumed due to exposure to Agent Orange)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19158177
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