Partly grantedPACT Act
The Board granted readjudication for a heart condition, including IHD and congestive heart failure. It remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and for a heart condition secondary to hypertension.
The deciding factor: New and relevant evidence, including private medical records and the Veteran's testimony, warranted readjudication of the heart condition claim.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease (IHD), congestive heart failure, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001517
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