Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for a left knee disability and a heart disability is remanded due to the need for additional evidence.

The appeals for service connection for pulmonary fibrosis and arteriosclerotic heart disease are dismissed as the claims have been fully granted.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including right knee, left knee, left arm and shoulder, degenerative disc disease with back pain, diabetes mellitus, and coronary artery disease/heart disability, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension (HTN) and remanded the claims for a heart condition, skin condition, left knee disability, and right knee disability.

The Board denied service connection for parkinsonism, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus type II. The claims for ischemic heart disease status post pacemaker and status post pacemaker were remanded.

The Board remands the matter to allow VA to assist the Veteran in obtaining private treatment records from his cardiologist, Dr. S.P., and any other relevant facilities.

The Board granted service connection for a heart disorder, diagnosed as hypertension, finding it to be proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected severe sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for a disability resulting in musculoskeletal chest pain, other than CAD, diagnosed as valvular heart disease and tachycardia.

The Board granted the appeals, restoring service connection for ischemic heart disease, supraventricular arrhythmia, and hypertension, and granting service connection for prostate cancer.

The Board denied service connection for ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus II, and pancreatic cancer as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service, including herbicide exposure.

The Board granted service connection for ischemic cardiomyopathy on a presumptive basis due to herbicide agent exposure during the Veteran's service in Vietnam.

The Board granted service connection for fibromyalgia and heart conditions, both presumptively linked to the Veteran's active service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations. The Board also granted a 70 percent disability rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension and remanded the claim for service connection for a heart condition due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and coronary artery disease with valvular heart disease and PCI stent placement due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's in-service exposures to jet fuel and asbestos.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD), and abdominal aortic aneurysm based on the Veteran's presumed exposure to herbicide agents during active duty in Vietnam.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus type II, and chest scars.

The Board remands the claim for a heart condition as secondary to PTSD for further development of medical opinion evidence.

The appeals for service connection for right ear hearing loss, a heart condition, and hypertension have been withdrawn by the Veteran's representative.

The Board denied service connection for a left elbow disability and remanded several other claims, including those for allergic rhinitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic sinusitis, heart disease, low back disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for the increased rating of 100 percent for CAD and for SMC at the housebound rate, as well as a compensable rating for hypertension.