The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence of a diagnosis of heart disease prior to August 18, 2014. The Veteran's service-connected heart disease is presumed due to herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient competent and credible evidence of record to determine whether medical findings support an earlier diagnosis of ischemic heart disease (IHD) prior to the current effective date of August 18, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disease (ischemic heart disease)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22039785
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What this means for you
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