Service connection for PTSD is granted, with the diagnosis based on current symptoms and confirmed combat experience.,Presumptive service connection for aortic atherosclerosis (an ischemic heart disease) due to herbicide exposure during service in Vietnam is granted.,Service connection for ischemic heart disease due to herbicide exposure is also granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current PTSD diagnosis and confirmed combat experience are sufficient to establish the required nexus between the diagnosed condition and service, with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.,Ischemic heart disease is a disease associated with herbicide exposure, and as such, presumptive service connection based on this association is granted.,The same presumption applies for ischemic heart disease due to herbicide exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Aortic Atherosclerosis, Ischemic Heart Disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20066040
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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