Partly grantedPACT Act
The Board granted service connection for pulmonary hypertension and remanded the claims for emphysema and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis to consider additional evidence related to exposure to herbicides and burn pits.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a presumption of exposure to herbicides during active military service in Vietnam, as well as an association with cardiovascular diseases stemming from such exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary hypertension, emphysema, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095088
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