Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a heart disability, to include tachycardia, for an adequate VA examination and TERA opinion.

The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's cause of death, specifically focusing on thyroid cancer and potential herbicide exposure.

The Board denied the Veteran's attempt to appeal a denial of service connection for a heart disability, as the appeal was not timely filed.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and a back condition, while denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability, diabetes mellitus, heart condition, frequency of micturition, and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for ischemic heart disease and prostate cancer, due to herbicide agent exposure during the Veteran's service in Vietnam.

The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, heart disease, and small intestine cancer based on herbicide exposure due to the Veteran's duties at Korat Royal Air Force Base.

The Board grants entitlement to service connection for tinnitus, but remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a heart condition, hypertension, prostate cancer, and stroke.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings, eligibility for specially adaptive housing and a special home adaptation grant, and remanded several service connection claims.

The Board remands the claim for an addendum opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death, specifically addressing whether in-service toxic exposures led to hypertension and ultimately caused his death.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and remanded the claims for other conditions due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD) under the PACT Act, but remanded the claim to consider direct service connection.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, but remanded the claims for hypertension, prostate disorder, heart disorder, psychiatric disorder, diabetes, stomach disorder, and low back disorder.

The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, currently diagnosed as coronary artery disease (CAD), based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Thailand.

The Board has dismissed the service connection claims for Bell's palsy, organic heart disease, and hypertension due to the Veteran's death during the appeal period.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of the service-connected hypertensive heart disease.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for his service-connected conditions, as well as a TDIU.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for COPD and denied earlier effective dates on a presumptive basis for diabetes mellitus, but granted an earlier effective date for coronary artery disease. The Board also granted an increased rating from August 10, 2022 for diabetes mellitus.

The Board granted service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension under the PACT Act, and diabetic nephropathy. The claims for a heart condition, bilateral upper extremity diabetic neuropathy, and bilateral lower extremity diabetic neuropathy were also granted. The claim for erectile dysfunction was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, to include coronary artery disease (CAD), due to conceded herbicide agent exposure.

The Board granted service connection for atrial fibrillation as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected asthma, but remanded the issue of a heart disability, to include supraventricular arrhythmia, other than atrial fibrillation.