The Board denied service connection for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) as there is no evidence to support that the condition was incurred during or related to active service, including exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no association between the Veteran's AAA and in-service exposure to herbicide agents based on insufficient evidence in the medical literature.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22061457
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