GrantedPACT Act
The veteran's service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and hypertension has been granted. The hypertension is specifically linked to the PACT Act.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during service in Vietnam and the presumptive service connection for hypertension under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25006224
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