Granted
The Board granted service connection for ischemic heart disease and prostate cancer, due to herbicide agent exposure during the Veteran's service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran set foot in Vietnam, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran. Given his diagnoses and presumed exposure to herbicide agents, the requirements for presumptive service connection were met.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease, prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095160
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