Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for higher ratings of coronary artery disease and left lower extremity peripheral artery disease, resulting in the dismissal of both claims.

The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for coronary artery disease (CAD), status post myocardial infarction, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective May 27, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for right and left knee, cervical spine, lumbar spine, and sciatic radiculopathy disabilities but denied increased ratings for the psychiatric disorder and other conditions.

The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran's claim for service connection for a heart condition has already been fully granted.

The Board granted service connection and ratings for the veteran's diabetes mellitus type II, arteriosclerotic heart disease, hypertension, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities.

The Board granted service connection for a heart condition, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for residuals of prostate cancer, arthrosclerosis (claimed as a heart condition), allergic rhinitis, depressive disorder, and complex partial seizures evolving to generalized seizure due to incomplete service treatment records and the need for additional evidence regarding in-service herbicide exposure.

The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction, granted a 10 percent rating for the painful right knee scar, and denied increased ratings for adjustment disorder with depressed mood and other conditions.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for a heart, eye, and neck condition to the AOJ for further development.

The Board granted service connection for ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus under the PACT Act. The Veteran's kidney and bilateral eye disabilities were also granted as secondary to his now-service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for acid reflux, hypertension, and heart disability as well as a TDIU due to further development needed.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a TDIU prior to May 3, 2017 and refers the claim for service connection for heart disease back to the AOJ.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and heart condition with residuals, to include as secondary to depression and hearing loss, due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted a TDIU due to service-connected PTSD and denied an initial rating greater than 10 percent for CAD, as well as TDUIs related to thoracic strain with osteophytic spurring and epicondylitis, right elbow.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hypertension, chest pain, heart condition, bilateral hip strain, and left shoulder disability. The claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss was reopened.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for heart disability, to include as secondary to service-connected hypertension, for further development and readjudication.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 60 percent for coronary artery disease (CAD) for further development and review.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of colon cancer, to include a scar, and a heart condition as secondary to hypertension and the residuals of colon cancer.

The Board granted service connection for congestive heart failure and valvular heart disease, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected type II diabetes mellitus.

The Board dismissed the motion to revise or reverse the September 2023 decision that granted service connection for heart disease under the PACT Act due to insufficient evidence of clear and unmistakable error.