Service connection for hypertension, NHL, and acquired psychiatric disorder has been granted.,Residuals from liver transplant, kidney transplant, spleen removal, testicular cancer, bilateral foot disorder, and sleep disorder have been reopened. Service connection is denied for a chronic sleep disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hypertension is presumed to be due to herbicide exposure in service.,NHL is presumed to be caused by herbicide exposure in service.,There is no evidence of a current diagnosis of a chronic sleep disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder, Residuals from Liver Transplant, Residuals from Kidney Transplant, Residuals from Spleen Removal, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL), Residuals from Testicular Cancer, Bilateral Foot Disorder, Hypertension, Bilateral Eye Disorder, NHL
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2023
- Citation
- 23049831
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