Ischemic heart disease Board decisions

The Board has determined that the appellant did not have any service-connected disabilities, and therefore denied all claims for service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of coronary artery disease, finding that the December 1968 rating decision denying service connection was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and need for additional development, including clarification of service in Vietnam and asbestos exposure.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and a supplemental VA medical opinion to address the nature and etiology of his claimed hypoxemia and heart disability.

The Veteran's combined schedular rating for multiple service-connected disabilities has now reached 100 percent, rendering moot his claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service connected disorders.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were dismissed as there was no evidence of radiation exposure and the conditions were not related to service.

The Board has determined that service connection is granted for recurrent lipomas but denied for a skin disorder other than recurrent lipomas. The Veteran's claims of entitlement to increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and TDIU are being remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease (CAD) secondary to diabetes mellitus were granted with effective dates of September 29, 2003.,An earlier effective date of August 1998 was denied as the claim was not filed prior to September 29, 2004.

The Veteran's coronary artery disease was not shown to meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 30 percent prior to April 18, 2011.

The Veteran's paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia has not been productive of more than severe, frequent attacks. He does not have episodes of congestive heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction of 30 to 50 percent, or workload greater than 3 METS resulting in dyspnea, fatigue, angina, dizziness or syncope.

The Board found no evidence to support the Veteran's claim that his heart disability was caused or aggravated by his service-connected anxiety disorder, and thus denied the claim.

The Board found no evidence of the Veteran's service in or near Vietnam, and thus could not establish herbicide exposure. The claims for heart disorder, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus were denied as there is insufficient evidence to link these conditions to service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims for service connection for hypertension, heart disease, and kidney failure as secondary to a bladder condition. The Veteran's claims are now pending before the Board.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for coronary artery disease, which he contends was caused by VA treatment in November 2001 and subsequent care, is denied as there is no evidence of negligence or fault on the part of VA.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for scheduling a videoconference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at his local RO.

The Veteran's arteriosclerotic heart disease was present to a compensable degree within one year following his discharge from qualifying active service in August 1996, and is therefore presumed to have been incurred in service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and likely etiology of any current heart disability.

The Board found that the Veteran's hypertension was not present during service and is not related to his in-service episodes of dizziness, which were likely due to physical training. The VA examiner concluded there was no evidence of hypertension being present at any time during or immediately after service.,Regarding CAD, the Board noted that while the Veteran has a history of coronary artery disease, the onset date provided by the private physician (1988) is not supported by the STRs and other medical records. The VA examiner concluded there was no evidence to suggest hypertension was present during service.

The Board has determined that the cause of the Veteran's death, arteriosclerotic coronary artery disease with posttraumatic seizure disorder, was not related to service and therefore denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's death was not caused by or substantially contributed to by a service-connected disability. Service connection for PTSD was denied as there is no evidence of the condition during his lifetime.