The Board granted an effective date of May 1, 2016, for the award of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was presumed to have been exposed to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam, and the PACT Act expanded the presumptive conditions associated with such exposure to include hypertension. The appellant's original DIC claim would have been granted if the PACT Act had been in effect at the time of its filing.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, diabetes mellitus, type II
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089834
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