GrantedPACT Act
The Board granted an effective date of June 26, 2014, for the grant of service connection for hypertension based on presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's hypertension is related to service, and reasonable doubt must be resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25100946
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