The Board granted an effective date of April 19, 2021, for the award of service connection for hypertension and denied service connection for diabetes mellitus. Bilateral hearing loss was also granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss is related to in-service acoustic trauma, and the effective date for hypertension was determined based on a change in law that recognized hypertension as associated with exposure to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, diabetes mellitus, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25053060
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 21, 2021, for the grant of service connection for hypertension.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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