Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an eye injury, a prostate disorder, diabetes mellitus, and a heart disorder to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death, including ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, and esophageal cancer, to obtain a medical opinion regarding their relationship to active duty service, including presumed exposure to herbicides.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection claims.

The Board granted service connection for ischemic heart disease, finding it to be related to the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his active military service.

The Board granted service connection for ischemic heart disease and hypothyroidism based on the Veteran's presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his service in the DMZ of Korea.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, heart condition, hypertension, mental health condition, and sleep apnea based on new and relevant evidence. The claims for flat feet (pes planus) with plantar fasciitis were remanded for additional examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a heart disability due to lack of evidence showing a current diagnosed condition or symptoms associated with a heart condition that result in functional impairment.

The Veteran's heart disability is granted a rating of 100 percent prior to May 18, 2018.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD) to secure additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease, ischemic cardiomyopathy, aortic aneurysm as secondary to coronary artery disease, and arrhythmia as secondary to coronary artery disease. Sleep apnea was remanded for further consideration.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for a heart disability, to include atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease, due to outstanding medical records from Dr. A.M.

The Board denied a compensable rating for hypertension and service connection for numbness in the feet, arteriosclerotic heart disease, and headaches. The issues of an initial rating for diabetes mellitus and service connection for these conditions were remanded.

The appeal for increased ratings was denied, but earlier effective dates were granted for service connection related to herbicide exposure.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction (CAD) to obtain a medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's CAD is causally related to or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for coronary artery disease, prostate cancer, and erectile dysfunction, but denied earlier effective dates for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his death was due to conditions caused by exposure to herbicide agents while serving aboard the U.S.S. Ticonderoga.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for coronary artery disease and migraine headaches to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding their etiology.

The Board denied entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for coronary artery disease prior to October 20, 2021, and an evaluation in excess of 60 percent thereafter, with the exception of a period from August 26, 2024, to September 26, 2024, when a separate 100 percent rating for implanted cardiac pacemaker was granted. The Board also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service or any service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities from September 13, 1979, to July 29, 2008, precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.