The appeal for readjudication of the claim of entitlement to service connection for vision loss has been withdrawn.,Readjudication of the claim for entitlement to service connection for asthma is granted, as new and relevant evidence has been received.,Readjudication of the claim for entitlement to service connection for hypertension is granted, as new and relevant evidence has been received.,Readjudication of the claim for entitlement to service connection for loss of taste (ageusia) and loss of smell (anosmia) is granted, as new and relevant evidence has been received.,The claim for entitlement to service connection for chloracne, to include as secondary to in-service herbicide exposure, is denied, as new and relevant evidence has not been received.,Entitlement to service connection for hypertension is granted pursuant to the PACT Act.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal for readjudication of the claim of entitlement to service connection for vision loss.,New evidence that is relevant to the issue of entitlement to service connection for asthma has been received since the May 2018 final denial of the claim.,New evidence that is relevant to the issue of entitlement to service connection for hypertension has been received since the May 2018 final denial of the claim.,New evidence that is relevant to the issue of entitlement to service connection for loss of smell and taste has been received since the May 2018 final denial of the claim.,New evidence that is relevant to the issue of entitlement to service connection for chloracne has not been received since the May 2018 final denial of the claim.,Hypertension is presumptively due to the Veteran's in-service herbicide exposure in the Republic of Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- vision loss, asthma, hypertension, loss of taste (ageusia), loss of smell (anosmia), chloracne, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098737
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