Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Board denied an effective date earlier than March 14, 2025 for a 10 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for an effective date earlier than March 14, 2025 for a 100 percent rating for arteriosclerotic heart disease.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a heart condition, and left and right knee conditions to obtain additional evidence.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings and service connection, indicating satisfaction with the current ratings.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for coronary artery disease to verify whether the Veteran had temporary duty service in Thailand while stationed in the Philippines between December 1963 and May 1965.

The appeal was dismissed as the Veteran did not timely file a Board Appeal request for the rating decision issued on February 12, 2024, that denied service connection for heart disease.

The Board denied increased ratings for coronary artery disease and post-traumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder and somatic symptoms disorder.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for a heart disability due to incomplete medical records and potential exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased ratings due to the Veteran's withdrawal of certain claims, and denied other claims based on a lack of evidence supporting current diagnoses or sufficient symptoms.

The Board remands the claim for further development, specifically to determine whether the Appellant is considered the surviving spouse and to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a heart condition and skin cancer with residual scars to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for coronary heart disease and diabetes type II under the PACT Act due to presumed in-service exposure to herbicide agents.

The Board remands the claim for a heart condition to obtain new direct and secondary service connection opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a heart condition, to include mitral valve prolapse, heart murmur, left ventricular hypertrophy, valvular heart disease, and aortic stenosis, due to herbicide exposure.

The Board granted service connection for Parkinson's disease, ischemic heart disease (aortic stenosis), and diabetes mellitus type II based on the Veteran's presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, lung disability, and heart disability. The claims for migraines/sinus headaches, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, and sleep apnea were remanded for further development.

The appeal for restoration of a 100 percent rating for coronary artery disease and special monthly compensation based on housebound status was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or an earlier effective date.

The Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease on its own prevents him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, allowing for an earlier effective date of May 23, 2016 for the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the statutory housebound criteria.

The Board granted an effective date of August 1, 2021, for the award of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) based on direct service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, and for entitlement to Dependency Education Assistance (DEA) benefits.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to a need for additional evidence, specifically outstanding military personnel records and service treatment records, as well as an adequate medical opinion.