Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to a lack of verification of the Veteran's claimed Vietnam service.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for a higher rating for coronary artery disease and entitlement to TDIU due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for a heart condition and the Veteran's cause of death, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the appellant.

The Board granted service connection for valvular heart disease with supraventricular arrhythmia and coronary spasm, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran based on exposure to commercial herbicides during service.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, heart disorder, and peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claim for a heart disorder, to include mitral valve prolapse, for further development of evidence.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus type 2, right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and diabetic nephropathy/kidney disability. Mixed hyperlipidemia was denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a heart disability, left sciatic nerve damage, and right sciatic nerve damage to address the Veteran's contention of exposure to environmental toxins while deployed in South Korea.

The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for coronary artery disease from March 23, 2005, to January 2010 and an effective date of March 23, 2005, for the award of total disability based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for arteriosclerotic heart disease with congestive heart failure, automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator, heart block, cardiomyopathy, and senile cardiac amyloidosis as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The veteran withdrew all pending appeals, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these issues.

The Board denied a compensable initial rating for right ear hearing loss and an initial rating greater than 30 percent for coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and old myocardial infarction.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral arthritis of the hands, fibromyalgia, and coronary artery disease due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The veteran was granted a 30 percent disability rating for valvular heart disease with premature ventricular contractions from July 9, 2024, to July 14, 2024, but denied an increased rating prior to that date.

The Board denied service connection for a skin disability, heart disease, and digestive disability but granted service connection for bilateral pes planus.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's heart disability, hypothyroidism, and skeletal arthritis of entire joint system. The lower back, bilateral hip, and bilateral knee disabilities were remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings, TDIU, special monthly compensation, and Dependents' Educational Assistance due to insufficient evidence of a higher disability rating or unemployability.

The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, which is considered a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness related to the Veteran's service in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War.

The appeal for service connection for ischemic heart disease and bladder cancer was dismissed as the appeals were not timely filed.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for hypertensive heart disease from January 12, 1998, to April 6, 2009, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.