Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2006

The Board has granted a 40 percent disability rating for bursitis of the right shoulder, effective from when the appeal was filed. The veteran's hypertensive heart disease is not rated higher than 30 percent.

The Board found that the veteran's heart disease was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied his claim for service connection. The prostate cancer issue is pending as it relates to a new evidence submission.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for heart disease, finding that his ASHD was not incurred in or aggravated by service and may not be presumed to have been incurred therein.

The Board determined that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected condition, and thus denied his claim for DIC benefits.

The Board finds that the veteran's coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction and artery bypass graft with elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels and history of hypertension is manifested by a workload of greater than 5 METs, a left ejection fraction of at least 52%, and no evidence of congestive heart failure. The criteria for a rating in excess of 30 percent have not been met.

The veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the case is dismissed.

The Board found that there is no competent medical evidence establishing a nexus between any current disabilities and the veteran's active service. Therefore, the claims for service connection were denied.

The VA determined that the appellant's heart condition is not related to his service-connected shrapnel wound injury, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to new evidence received after previous SSOCs.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including left periventricular lacunar infarct, chronic low back disorder, residuals of dengue fever, and chronic heart disease. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to military service.

The Board has ordered additional development due to the need for a VA examination to determine if the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus aggravated his non-service connected coronary artery disease and kidney condition.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and requests for additional information.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss and to reopen his service connection claims for thyroid condition, heart condition, peripheral neuropathy, and dermatitis. The RO is instructed to obtain all relevant medical records from various VA facilities and Georgetown University Medical Center.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for PTSD and a heart condition due to potential issues with service connection based on new evidence, as well as concerns about secondary service connection.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection of coronary artery disease as secondary to his service-connected PTSD.

The Board has determined that the veteran's coronary artery disease is secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The issue of entitlement to ratings in excess of 10 percent for peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities remains pending as the RO has not yet issued a Statement of the Case.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and thus denied service connection for the cause of his death. The DIC claim was also denied as there was no evidence showing the veteran had been disabled from service-connected conditions for at least ten years prior to his death.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of any of the conditions he is seeking service connection for, and therefore, these claims are denied.

The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim for service connection for the cause of death, finding that the new evidence submitted did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected condition, and thus denied both the cause of death claim and the DIC claim under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.