Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, type II, prostate cancer, hypertension, erectile dysfunction as secondary to the service-connected conditions, and incontinence as secondary to the service-connected prostate cancer. The decision was based on the Veteran's presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his service near the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

The Board denied service connection for a headache disorder and hypercholesterolemia, and remanded the claims for anemia, hyperthyroidism, diabetes, eye disorder, heart disorder, hypertension, acquired psychiatric disorder, and kidney disorder.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and remanded the issue of service connection for a heart disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to a single service-connected disability, as his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and work history.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death and entitlement to DIC benefits due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected conditions and his death.

The Board denied an effective date prior to August 10, 2022 for the grants of service connection for various conditions including coronary artery disease with atrial fibrillation, diabetes type II, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy in multiple extremities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, hypertension, and arteriosclerotic heart disease (CAD) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of January 30, 2020, for the grant of service connection for hypertensive heart disease.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the Appellant while it was pending before the Board.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease and panic disorder with agoraphobia and adjustment disorder with depressed mood, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of the cause of the Veteran's death to obtain a medical opinion on the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected lower back disability and his multiple heart disabilities, including obesity.

The appeal seeking revision or reversal based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) of a May 15, 2015, rating decision that denied service connection for sinus bradycardia was dismissed as the issue of entitlement to service connection for coronary artery disease was not adjudicated in the original decision.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various disorders, including shoulder, elbow, wrist, low back, knee, neuropathy, sleep apnea, heart, colon resection, skin cancer, and diabetes mellitus, due to inadequate VA examinations that did not address all relevant evidence.

The Board granted the petition to reopen the claim for service connection for a heart disorder and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for a heart disorder, as well as the issue of entitlement to TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, hypertension, and heart disability based on the evidence of record.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded several other claims, including those for lung nodules with COPD, coronary artery disease, back scars, low back disability, diabetes mellitus, PTSD, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus was dismissed, while claims for kidney, heart, and lung disorders were remanded for further examination.

The appeal for a compensable rating for tinea pedis was denied, and appeals for service connection for various conditions were either dismissed or remanded.

The Board denied increased ratings for coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus, type II, but granted earlier effective dates for the service connection of these conditions.

The appeal for service connection for sinusitis, allergies, and vertigo was dismissed. The appeals for service connection for a psychiatric disability (anxiety), hypertension, heart disease, kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus were denied.