Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2003

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are not related to his military service and have denied all of his claims.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hypertension and coronary artery disease are presumptively related to his military service.

The Board has granted the veteran's claims for service connection for heart disorder and back disorder, finding that new evidence supports reopening of the back disorder claim.

The Board has denied service connection for heart murmur, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and post-operative aortic valvular disease as these conditions are not shown to be related to military service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, finding that the veteran's service-connected disabilities did not materially contribute to his death.

The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence linking his service-connected conditions to his death.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD is found to have aggravated his non-service-connected hypertension and coronary artery disease by a degree of at least 10 percent, warranting the assignment of a 10% disability rating for those conditions.

The veteran withdrew his appeal, leaving no issues for the Board to consider.

The Board has determined that the veteran's death was caused by a heart disorder that originated during service, and therefore grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his coronary artery disease and right metatarsal fractures, finding that the evidence does not support a higher rating based on current symptoms.

The veteran's heart disability is not service-connected, and his psychiatric disability appeal was never perfected. The VA has granted an increased rating for bronchial asthma to 60%, denied initial ratings in excess of 10% for diabetes mellitus prior to February 28, 1999, and denied initial ratings in excess of 20% for diabetes mellitus on and after that date.

The veteran's appeal is on the issue of entitlement to an increased evaluation for his service-connected heart disease. The RO has denied service connection for congestive heart failure, dilated cardiomyopathy and pacemaker placement as secondary to the service connected heart disease. This case is being remanded due to additional development needs.

The veteran's appeal is about the effective date of a 30 percent evaluation for valvular heart disease, which was previously rated as noncompensably disabling. The RO has determined that the June 1955 rating decision containing clear and unmistakable error should be restored, but the veteran contests both the current 30 percent evaluation and seeks an increased rating.

The cause of the veteran's death was dementia of Alzheimer's type, which is not related to his service-connected conditions.,The appellant did not have a permanent total service-connected disability at the time of her husband's death and there is no evidence that his death was due to a service-connected condition.

The Board found that the veteran's current heart disorder did not have its origins in, or is otherwise related to, service. The VA has determined that the veteran is currently receiving the maximum disability rating available for his hemorrhoids.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and heart disease, finding that the veteran's bronchial asthma aggravated these conditions.

The Board denied all service connection claims for various conditions, finding that none of the claimed conditions were incurred or aggravated by active military service.

The Board has ordered further development in the veteran's case, including seeking additional service medical records and arranging for a VA examination to determine the nature and severity of his service-connected residuals of hepatitis C. The appeal is currently pending due to this remand.

The VA determined that the veteran's heart condition, which is service-connected and currently rated at 10 percent, does not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on his symptoms of edema, shortness of breath, and high blood pressure.

The veteran's skin rash and heart disability did not result from VA medical treatment. The Board denied the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.