Ischemic heart disease Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for coronary artery disease, hypothyroidism, and dementia secondary to hearing loss due to a need to verify herbicide exposure and obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The Board denied entitlement to TDIU prior to July 1, 2013, due to the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease alone.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and tinnitus, while denying service connection for various other disabilities including the right ankle, left ankle, right shoulder, left shoulder, right knee, left knee, heart, respiratory, kidney, venous thrombosis, urinary hesitancy, acute metabolic encephalopathy, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep disturbance, abdominal distension, atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease, neurological disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, erectile dysfunction, stroke, skin disability, fibromyalgia, bilateral foot pain, hammer toes, tinea pedis, meningitis, GERD, traumatic brain injury, and irritable bowel syndrome. The Board also remanded the claims for service connection for hearing loss and a back disability.

The Veteran was granted a 100 percent evaluation for coronary artery disease status post cardiac pacemaker implantation and SMC at the housebound rate effective from August 10, 2018.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, which is coronary artery disease, based on exposure to herbicide agents during service. The claim for DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 was dismissed as moot.

The Board granted an effective date of July 21, 2016, for the grants of service connection for a heart disability, chest scar, and diabetes mellitus type II.

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.