DeniedPACT Act
The Board denied service connection for the cause of death, finding that neither diabetes mellitus nor hypertension was a principal or contributory cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The probative medical evidence did not establish that either condition caused or contributed to the Veteran's cardiac arrest.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086407
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