The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a heart disorder, finding that his current heart conditions did not incur in or are otherwise related to his military service, including as due to Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s diagnosed heart conditions do not qualify within the generally accepted medical definition of ischemic heart disease and that there is no established etiology of either condition from Agent Orange exposure in the medical literature.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive heart disease, atriioventricular heart block
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21012224
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