Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2008

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims due to incomplete medical records and the need for further examination. The issues of service connection for CAD, hypertension, and GERD are on appeal.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and need for further investigation into the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board denied service connection for a heart disorder and an increased rating for hypertensive vascular disease, finding no competent medical diagnosis of a chronic heart disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current heart condition and therefore service connection for heart disease is denied.

The veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred from June 18, 2005 to June 20, 2005 are approved as they were for an emergent condition and a VA facility was not feasibly available.

The veteran is seeking service connection for coronary artery disease that he believes is related to and aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The claim will be remanded to obtain a medical opinion regarding the relationship between the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus and his currently diagnosed coronary artery disease.

The Board found that there is no competent evidence of a current prostate disorder and denied the veteran's claims for service connection based on exposure to ionizing radiation. The claims for hypertension and heart disease were also denied.

The Board has ordered a remand to obtain additional medical records and provide the veteran's representative with an opportunity to respond. The case will be readjudicated after these actions.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder is at least as likely as not to have caused or aggravated his hypertension and coronary artery disease, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran.

The Board found that the appellant's depression and heart disorder were not incurred in or aggravated by service, and thus denied her claims.

The veteran's death prevented the payment of accrued benefits due to his having no unpaid periodic monetary benefits at the time of his death.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a heart disorder, finding that his current heart condition was not present within one year of discharge from service and is not etiologically related to such service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disability and a psychiatric disability secondary to a heart disability, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his active service.

The veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining private medical records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his coronary artery disease.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, arteriosclerotic heart disease, hypertension, and basal cell carcinoma. The appeals were based on direct service connection rather than herbicide exposure.

The Board has determined that hypertension and coronary artery disease are not related to the service-connected diabetes mellitus, thus denying both claims.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a current heart condition, urinary tract condition, groin condition, right knee condition, or right leg condition related to service. The veteran's tinea versicolor and pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) were aggravated by service, while his hearing loss was not shown to be due to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need to verify his unverified service and obtain additional evidence regarding his claimed conditions.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unemployable, and the Board has granted a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board found that the veteran's cardiovascular disorder, including rheumatic heart disease, was not incurred in service and denied his claim.