Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a heart disorder, stroke residuals, sleep apnea, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board grants service connection for ischemic heart disease, hypertension, plaque psoriasis, psoriatic joint pain, and hypogonadism with low testosterone based on the evidence showing a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.

The Board remands the appeals for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding service connection for hypertension, COPD, CAD, and supraventricular arrhythmias on a direct basis that includes the Copper Head fact sheet and exposure to hazardous materials noted therein.

The Board remands the matter for another VA medical opinion to address the Veteran's in-service toxic exposure, including asbestos and other claimed exposures.

The appeal as to entitlement to an increased rating for CAD is dismissed as the Veteran's claim has already been granted in full.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and heart disease, finding no evidence of a causal or etiological relationship to any in-service injury, event, or illness.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for bursitis and denied a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss. The claims for service connection for heart and psychiatric disabilities, as well as TDIU, were remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a heart disorder due to pre-decisional errors and the need to verify the Veteran's reported active duty service in 2006.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded a claim for further development.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance due to service-connected disabilities, as well as claims for service connection for a heart disability and psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including diabetes and heart disease, due to a need for further development of evidence related to potential Agent Orange exposure during the Veteran's service in Korea.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, coronary artery disease (CAD), and impotency/erectile dysfunction, all from March 14, 2014.

The Board granted service connection for urinary incontinence and a heart disability, to include peripheral arterial disease (PAD), premature ventricular contractions (PVC), and premature atrial contractions (PVA), as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was granted, while claims for other conditions were denied. A compensable rating and TDIU were also denied.

The Board remands the matter for additional development, including verification of in-service exposure to herbicide agents and a TERA examination.

The Board denied service connection for heart disease, DMII, prostate cancer, RLE and LLE peripheral neuropathy, and erectile dysfunction as they are not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date of September 17, 2008, but no earlier, for the award of service connection for PTSD was granted. The claim for an earlier effective date prior to September 25, 2016, for the award of entitlement to service connection for CAD was denied.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease and hypertension, finding that the Veteran's conditions were at least as likely as not caused by in-service participation in a toxic exposure risk activity. The claim for diabetes mellitus type II was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for heart disease, right ankle sprain, right foot disability, and left foot disability to obtain a VA examination and opinion in accordance with the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (PACT Act) and an addendum opinion addressing aggravation by the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, heart disability, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and periodic limb movement as there is a pre-decisional duty to assist error.