Ischemic heart disease decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disorder, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and a heart disorder for additional development to obtain new VA medical opinions.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for headaches, PTSD, a heart condition, and joint pains.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from April 4, 2024.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, a heart disability, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for malignant melanoma, bilateral hearing loss, and urinary tract condition. It granted an initial 10 percent evaluation for hypertension associated with herbicide exposure.

The application to readjudicate the claim for an earlier effective date prior to October 30, 2016, for service connection of CAD s/p 3 vessel CABG was denied due to a lack of new and relevant evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for diabetes mellitus, PTSD, and CAD, but granted an earlier effective date for service connection of right upper extremity neuropathy.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of coronary artery disease, as the grant was based on the PACT Act and no other theory of entitlement supported an earlier date.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease were not related to his military service.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and CAD as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected temporomandibular joint dysfunction.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for liver and heart conditions due to a need for VA examinations that address in-service toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) and direct service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective dates, except for a 20 percent rating granted for left and right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy femoral nerve.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, left and right leg peripheral neuropathy, and the Veteran's cause of death due to lung cancer with metastasis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus, type II, and peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities, among others.

The appeal was partially granted by reopening the claim for service connection for Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) but denied for both conditions.

The appeal for service connection for a respiratory disability and heart disability was dismissed due to the Veteran's passing in February 2025.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's motion to revise or reverse on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) a past rating decision that denied service connection for ischemic heart disease due to insufficient specificity in the allegations.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety disorder, high blood pressure (hypertension), atherosclerotic heart disease, type II diabetes mellitus, and diabetic neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities. The effective date for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was also denied.

The Board granted a non-compensable rating for hypertension prior to December 17, 2024, and a compensable rating of 10 percent from that date. Service connection was also granted for heart disability manifested by hypertensive heart disease as secondary to hypertension, but denied for residuals of a stroke and diabetes.

The Board denied a compensable rating for hypertension and an earlier effective date prior to June 10, 2015 for the grant of service connection for coronary artery disease.