Service connection for hypertension, as secondary to other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, is granted prior to August 10, 2022.,Service connection for hypertension under the PACT Act is granted effective from August 10, 2022.,Service connection for tinnitus is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hypertension was found to be aggravated by his service-connected other specified trauma and stressor related disorder. The evidence does not support a direct link between herbicide exposure and hypertension on its own, but the PACT Act provides presumptive service connection for hypertension in Vietnam veterans.,Service connection is granted under the PACT Act, which establishes a presumption of service connection for hypertension if the Veteran served in the Republic of Vietnam during the applicable period. The Veteran meets this criterion as he has been diagnosed with hypertension and served in Vietnam.,The Veteran's tinnitus was found to be related to his in-service noise exposure, specifically from artillery units.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2024
- Citation
- 24002269
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Decisions by this judge: 703 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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