Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of heart disease due to toxic exposure risk activity, including herbicide agent exposure, as it finds that there were pre-decisional duty to assist errors and requires additional development.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to incomplete verification of potential herbicide exposure and an inadequate VA medical opinion regarding the nexus between the Veteran's heart disease and his conceded TERA participation.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary heart disease s/p acute, subacute or old myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089413
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