Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including skin disability, hypertension, depression as secondary to prostate cancer, ischemic heart disease and coronary artery disease, prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus type II, thoracic aorta disabilities, sexual dysfunction, prostatitis, and cardiomegaly, due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted an effective date of December 1, 2000, for the award of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, coronary artery disease, scar status post coronary artery bypass graft, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension.

Service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted due to diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease, which are presumed to be related to herbicide exposure during service.

The Veteran's service-connected atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease status post coronary artery bypass graft has prevented him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment since November 20, 2023.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and ensure all relevant evidence is considered.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, right and left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and coronary artery disease based on herbicide exposure in Thailand.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for coronary artery disease for a VA examination to determine its likely cause.

The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, to include coronary artery disease, based on the evidence of record.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, diverticulitis, obstructive sleep apnea, and benign prostate hypertrophy to ensure adequate medical opinions are obtained.

The Board denied service connection for asthma, COPD, hemorrhoids, a heart condition, left wrist and thumb conditions, right forearm/elbow condition, lower extremity peripheral neuropathies, and upper extremity peripheral neuropathies as there was no evidence of an in-service event, injury, or disease relevant to these conditions and a nexus between any such occurrence and the present diseases.

The Board granted the restoration of a 60 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected CAD, status post CABG, effective April 1, 2017.

The Board denied service connection for right and left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, hypertension, CAD, and the Veteran's cause of death. The claims for a survivor's pension were also remanded.

The Board remands the case for a retrospective opinion from a cardiologist or other heart specialist to address the severity of the Veteran's ischemic heart disease (IHD) prior to June 27, 2019.

The Board dismissed service connection for high blood pressure from August 10, 2022 and remanded the claims for heart disease and hypertension prior to that date due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, diagnosed as coronary atherosclerosis (coronary artery disease), due to exposure to herbicide agents during active service in the Republic of Vietnam.

The Board remands the issues of increased ratings for CAD and TDIU to provide the Veteran with notice of his right to a predecisional hearing, as required by the January 2025 JMPR.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of May 25, 2022, for service connection and special monthly compensation related to the Veteran's vascular dementia with behavioral disturbance secondary to coronary artery disease.

The appeal concerning the issues of heart condition and diabetes was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of November 13, 2018, for the award of service connection for ischemic heart disease status post myocardial infarction based on the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019.