Partly granted
The appeal for service connection of arteriosclerotic heart disease was dismissed because it was already granted. The appeal for COPD was remanded for further consideration.
The deciding factor: The dismissal was based on a prior grant of service connection for the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25001252
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