Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Board granted an initial rating of 60 percent for the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease (CAD) with first degree AV block associated with herbicide exposure, effective March 25, 2024.

The Veteran was granted a total disability due to individual unemployability and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate, but an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for coronary artery disease was denied.

The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, but remanded the claims for type II diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, hypertension, and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, heart, kidney, liver, lung, and sinusitis disabilities as there was no evidence of current disabilities or persistent symptoms.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, status post tumor resection for bladder cancer, heart disability, and an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The claims were also remanded for further development.

The Board denied earlier effective dates and increased ratings for service connection of coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension for accrued benefits purposes.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, coronary artery disease, kidney disease, and left knee disability as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board granted service connection for acute, subacute or old myocardial infarction and arteriosclerotic heart disease status post artery bypass graft, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, type 2, with diabetic retinopathy, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, and erectile dysfunction, and bilateral open angle glaucoma.

The Board denied service connection for throat cancer and diverticulitis, but remanded claims related to heart condition, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, erectile dysfunction, diabetic ulcer of the left foot, and a rating of total disability based on individual unemployability.

The Board granted service connection for arteriosclerotic heart disease with bradycardia, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran. The appeal was dismissed for tinnitus, a nervous condition, and increased evaluation for bilateral hearing loss and hemorrhoidectomy.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for atrial flutter/heart condition, hypertension, and chronic constipation, diarrhea and chronic bloating due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of September 14, 2018, for the award of a 40 percent disability rating for service-connected degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine but denied entitlement to TDIU.

The appeal was dismissed for untimely filing, and several claims for service connection were denied due to insufficient evidence linking the claimed conditions to military service or a service-connected disability.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the award of service connection and initial ratings for various conditions, except for left upper extremity radial and lower radicular group peripheral neuropathy which was granted an earlier effective date.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents in service.

The Board remands the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a heart disability to obtain additional evidence and a complete medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for fecal incontinence as secondary to the Veteran's colon cancer residuals and denied a TDIU prior to April 21, 2024 and a higher rating for heart disability prior to that date. The claim for a higher rating for colon cancer residuals was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a heart disability and peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, as well as residuals of a stroke, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and ratings, except for TDIU and DEA which were granted as of May 1, 2020.

The Board granted service connection for valvular heart disease and hypertension, finding that these conditions are directly related to the Veteran's active duty service.