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The Board granted an earlier effective date of service connection for hypertension from April 13, 2021, and a 10 percent initial rating for hypertension from the same date.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's hypertension was directly related to exposure to herbicide agents on a facts-found basis, allowing an earlier effective date and a 10 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093216
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