Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2024

The Board has granted a 100% evaluation for ischemic heart disease from January 18, 2012, to August 31, 2013, and eligibility for Dependents' Education Assistance (DEA) benefits during the same period.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for heart condition, peripheral neuropathy, thyroid condition, bladder condition, and diabetic condition due to potential service connection based on in-service Agent Orange exposure. The VA will obtain private treatment records and schedule a new VA examination.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for coronary artery bypass grafting x4 and hypertension. The right ankle disorder and left ankle disorder are remanded, while the right foot disorder is also remanded.

The Board has dismissed the appeal due to procedural errors in docketing under the AMA system.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, heart disability (hypertension), and prostate disability are remanded due to the need for further examination regarding potential exposure to toxins during service.

The Veteran's tinnitus, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and low back arthritis are all granted service connection based on continuity of symptomatology during or shortly after service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, kidney disease, trigeminal neuralgia pain, an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression), right lower peripheral neuropathy, left lower peripheral neuropathy, right peripheral vascular disease, left peripheral vascular disease, diabetes mellitus, heart condition, and hypertension are being remanded due to the Veteran missing his VA examinations.,The Board finds that the Veteran presented good cause for having missed his appointments and therefore, the claims must be remanded to afford the Veteran adequate examinations and medical opinions regarding these disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA examination and because of the PACT Act, which requires consideration of total exposure and synergistic effects.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 60 percent for service-connected ischemic heart disease, finding that the evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under either the pre-amendment or post-amendment rating criteria.

The Veteran's death was caused by in-service toxic exposures at Fort Dix and Fort Liberty, which are linked to liver neoplasm, heart disease, and hypertension. The Board granted service connection for the cause of his death.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is remanded due to a potential referral theory of entitlement, which involves the unforeseeable events leading to his heart failure.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to May 11, 2020, for a grant of service connection for coronary artery disease. The earliest claim was filed on that date.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were granted with an effective date of June 4, 2019. The Board found that the effective date should be prior to June 4, 2019, based on the correction of his military records.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for valvular heart disease with hemorrhagic/hypovolemic shock, as a result of VA hospitalization or treatment, has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date of March 23, 2022 for the grant of service connection for coronary artery disease. The Veteran's initial claim was denied in July 2019 and became final due to lack of timely disagreement or supplemental claim. A new claim was submitted on March 23, 2022, which was considered complete within one year.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error and an inconsistent examination report, requiring further evaluation of the Veteran's service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were granted, with the effective date not specified.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, hypertension, a heart condition, and muscle weakness (claimed as strokes and stroke residuals). The case is remanded to determine the nature and etiology of bilateral hearing loss.

The Board dismissed all appeals related to the veteran's claims for various ratings and effective dates due to his death.

The Veteran's valvular heart disease is remanded due to the PACT Act, and a VA examination is needed to determine its relationship to his service-connected TERA participation. The examiner must also assess whether the Veteran had a heart murmur at the time of his separation.