The Veteran's hypertension is granted on a presumptive basis due to herbicide agent exposure. The appeal for TDIU prior to July 7, 2009 is dismissed as moot.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was approximately evenly balanced regarding whether the Veteran's hypertension was related to in-service herbicide agent exposure and granted service connection on a presumptive basis.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, coronary artery disease, PTSD, shell fragment wound of the cervical spine, shell fragment wound involving muscle group I of the left shoulder, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23052009
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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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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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