Ischemic heart disease Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as they were not shown to be related to the veteran's period of active duty.

The Board denied the appeal to reverse the November 2006 severance of service connection and termination of DIC and Chapter 35 benefits, as well as denying service connection for the cause of the veteran's death based on respiratory disease.

The veteran's non-service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for special monthly pension based on a need for aid and attendance or housebound status.

The veteran is not shown to have any current heart disease or cardiac pathology, and therefore service connection for a heart disorder is denied.

The Board remands the case for further development, including obtaining a medical opinion regarding the relationship between the veteran's heart disease and hypertension and his service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The appeal to reopen a claim of service connection for heart disease, to include tachycardia, was denied because the evidence received since the July 2002 rating decision did not show that the veteran's current heart disease is related to his service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for heart disease, secondary to his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder.

The claim for new and material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for arteriosclerotic heart disease with coronary insufficiency as secondary to service-connected rheumatic heart disease was granted, but the veteran's disability manifested by arteriosclerotic heart disease with coronary insufficiency is not shown to have been caused or aggravated by the service-connected rheumatic heart disease.

The Board denied the claim for compensation benefits pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for death due to treatment at a VA facility, as there was no evidence that the veteran's service-connected hepatitis C caused his death.

The Board denied service connection for excessive chest pain, to include pulmonary microlithiasis and a heart disability as there was no evidence of a current heart disability or etiological relationship between the claimed conditions and active service.

The veteran was transferred to University Community Hospital for emergency medical procedures due to the unavailability of ICU beds at the Tampa VA Medical Center, and payment for these services is granted.

The Board REMANDS the claims to the RO for further development and readjudication.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease and hypertension, each as aggravated by the veteran's service-connected major depression.

The Board concluded that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claim for service connection for a heart condition, both directly and as secondary to his service-connected history of thyrotoxicosis.

The veteran's PTSD with dysthymia is rated at 50 percent, which the Board finds to be appropriate given the moderate social and occupational impairment.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, for the purpose of accrued benefits.

The Board denied service connection for a heart disorder, finding that it was not incurred in or aggravated by service and was not caused by or permanently worsened by the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus. The Board also found that the veteran's diabetes mellitus did not require his activities to be clinically regulated.

The veteran developed additional heart disability as a result of VA's failure to properly evaluate and treat his heart condition.

The veteran's coronary artery disease and PTSD were evaluated, with the former denied an increase in rating while the latter was granted a 30 percent rating.

The Board finds that the veteran's currently diagnosed mitral stenotic valvular heart disease was not incurred in or aggravated during his active duty service.