GrantedPACT Act
The Board granted an effective date of July 8, 2020 for service connection for hypertensive retinopathy and hypertension.
The deciding factor: The September 2020 private examiner provided a positive nexus opinion attributing the Veteran's disabilities to his herbicide exposure in Vietnam, which supports direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive retinopathy w/open angle glaucoma, epiretinal membrane, dry eye syndrome, retinal tear, epithelial corneal dystrophy and meibomian gland dysfunction and pseudophakia, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25092535
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