Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disability, hearing loss, OSA, heart disease, and type two diabetes mellitus.

The Board granted a 70 percent initial disability rating for PTSD, service connection for a skin rash, and TDIU, while denying increased ratings for CAD, service connection for chronic liver disease and sleep apnea.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to TDIU prior to August 9, 2023, as it is inextricably intertwined with other pending matters.

The Board remands the claims for a higher rating for coronary artery disease and entitlement to TDIU due to the need for additional medical evidence.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for coronary artery disease since January 3, 2019, and an increased 10 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss since January 8, 2019.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes, coronary artery disease and old myocardial infarction, prostate cancer, left lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, right lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, erectile dysfunction, and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ. The claims for service connection for a left leg skin disorder, vision disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea were denied.

The Veteran's service-connected CAD with associated atrial fibrillation, chronic congestive heart failure, and valvular angina precluded all substantially gainful employment from January 27, 2015 to March 3, 2022.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for bilateral tinnitus as moot, and remanded several other claims for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating higher than 30 percent for nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) based on evidence showing a workload greater than 5 METs and an LVEF above 50 percent.

The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including a left foot disability, right foot disability, heart disability, left knee/leg disability, right middle finger disability, respiratory disability, and gastrointestinal/colon disability.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent prior to May 5, 2023, and a rating in excess of 40 percent on and after May 5, 2023, for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with spondylolisthesis due to the need for a more thorough medical examination.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a heart disability, to include as secondary to diabetes mellitus, for further development and examination.

The Veteran was granted an initial 100 percent disability rating for his service-connected coronary artery disease s/p artery disease graft and heart valve replacement with valvular heart disease, effective February 27, 2012. The appeal for a higher rating for diabetes mellitus prior to December 4, 2013, was denied.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for cause of death to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically to obtain a retrospective medical opinion regarding the Veteran's potential exposure to herbicides and other toxins during service.

The Board denied service connection for right and left foot conditions, an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for coronary artery disease prior to February 26, 2018, a rating in excess of 60 percent for CAD from February 26, 2018, and a rating in excess of 20 percent for gunshot wound residuals. The Board remanded claims for service connection for hypertension on a basis other than as pursuant to the PACT Act, sleep apnea, and entitlement to TDIU.

The Board denied a rating greater than 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected hypertensive heart disease based on the evidence of record.

The Board granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower and upper extremities secondary to diabetes but denied service connection for Meniere's syndrome. The claim for an increased rating for coronary artery disease was also denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU prior to March 4, 2020, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board dismissed motions to revise on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) a July 2021 decision regarding earlier effective dates for service connection for various diabetic conditions.

The appeal of a proposed action to sever service connection for hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and residual surgical scar is dismissed.