Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a heart disorder due to pre-decisional errors in violation of the duty to assist.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied service connection for right knee and left knee disabilities, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to active duty. The claim for a heart condition was remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a heart disability, to include coronary artery disease (CAD), and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for impotency.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for coronary artery disease and dismissed the TDIU claim as moot due to the 100 percent rating. SMC was granted from August 10, 2016.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, and a heart disability due to the need for additional development of evidence.

The Board denied service connection for colon cancer, sleep apnea, and a heart condition. The low back disability was granted based on aggravation during service. TDIU prior to January 10, 2019, was also denied.

The Board granted service connection for left posterior cervical sebaceous cyst excision scar residuals and remanded the claims for other disabilities related to herbicide exposure.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease, a condition presumed to be related to in-service exposure to herbicide agents.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for tinnitus was denied, and the issues of service connection for a bilateral foot disability, heart disability, and TDIU were remanded due to an inextricably intertwined issue regarding the character of discharge.

The Board granted service connection for ischemic heart disease, to include as due to herbicide exposure, based on the Veteran's in-service herbicide exposure and a current diagnosis of coronary artery disease.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including heart disorder, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, lumbosacral strain, cold weather injuries, sinusitis, degenerative arthritis, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to obtain a TERA memorandum and appropriate medical examinations.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection and increased rating claims.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded several other claims, including those for essential tremors (parkinsonism), psychiatric disability, hypothyroidism, hearing loss, ischemic heart disease, pulmonary/ respiratory disability, blood clots, and aortic aneurysm.

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

The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board dismissed all issues.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease (CAD) as secondary to herbicide exposure, but denied service connection for left and right upper extremity neuropathy.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, arteriosclerotic heart disease (coronary artery disease), and type 2 diabetes mellitus as there was no evidence of exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides during the Veteran's service in Okinawa.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD, diabetes mellitus, type II, and hypothyroidism while granting increased ratings for peripheral neuropathy in the right and left lower extremities, hearing loss (left ear), and a compensable evaluation for scars, burns (2nd degree).