Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for prostate cancer and coronary artery disease, finding no evidence of in-service exposure to herbicides or other relevant factors.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for a heart condition, to include as secondary to his service-connected hypertension and/or herbicide exposure, due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted an effective date of August 31, 2010 for the award of service connection for an anterior trunk scar and denied higher ratings for CAD and a sternum scar. The decision also remanded several claims related to earlier effective dates.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance from December 13, 2021 to June 18, 2024.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a heart condition, to include bradycardia, due to missing records and an inadequate examination.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of April 6, 2020 for the award of service connection for hypertension and coronary artery disease with congestive, systolic, diastolic heart failure.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease/coronary artery disease (CAD) due to incomplete compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, cardiovascular disability, hypertension, thyromegaly, prostate cancer, and bladder cancer as there is no evidence of in-service exposure to herbicide agents or that the disabilities are related to such exposure.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a heart disability and the Veteran's cause of death due to cardiac arrest, as additional medical opinions are needed.

The Veteran's service-connected atrial fibrillation with pacemaker and ischemic heart disease was granted a rating of 60 percent, but no higher, effective July 1, 2015.

The Board remands the matter to verify the Veteran's multiple contentions regarding exposure to herbicides, including handling/servicing aircraft that flew over Vietnam and being present at Subic Bay, Philippines and Clark Air Base, Philippines.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to a duty-to-assist error in verifying the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his active-duty service.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease and hypertension based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicides during his service in Vietnam.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a heart disability, kidney tumor, melanoma, back disability, and bilateral hearing loss to correct duty-to-assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, mucinous adenocarcinoma, heart condition, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy to allow verification of herbicide agent exposure in Okinawa, Japan, and to obtain new VA examinations.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for sleep apnea, a heart disorder, and scarring status post CABG to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.

The Board granted service connection for pulmonary fibrosis and a heart disability, to include arteriosclerotic heart disease (CAD) and valvular heart disease s/p myocardial infarction with coronary artery bypass graft, atrial fibrillation, and abnormal right ventricular systolic function.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a personality disorder, as well as initial evaluations in excess of 30 percent, 10 percent, and a compensable evaluation for myocardial infarction with coronary artery disease and coronary artery bypass graft, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension respectively.

The appeal for service connection for a respiratory disability, to include pneumonia, and heart disabilities, to include CAD and heart valve disease, was dismissed due to concurrent elections being prohibited.

The Veteran is granted an allowance for an automobile or other conveyance due to his service-connected coronary artery disease causing strokes that have resulted in effective loss of the use of his extremities.