Partly grantedPACT Act
Service connection for hypertension was granted under the PACT Act, but service connection for obesity and a higher rating for radiculopathy were denied. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) was remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on new and relevant evidence received after previous rating decisions, including the passage of the PACT Act which presumptively associates hypertension with herbicide exposure during service in Guam.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, obesity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001436
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