Ischemic heart disease Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for coronary artery disease due to tobacco use and nicotine dependence, finding that there was no competent medical evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including coronary artery disease and post-traumatic stress disorder, result in a combined rating of 60 percent. The Board has determined that the veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for a heart disorder as a residual of rheumatic fever is not well grounded, and thus denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for a left leg condition, heart disease secondary to PTSD, and total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities have been denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for coronary artery disease, including due to tobacco use in service or nicotine dependence arising in service, is not well-grounded.

The Board has determined that the veteran's fatal cardiovascular disease did not have its onset during service or within one year after retirement, and therefore, it is not service-connected for the cause of death.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disorder, to include myocardial infarction and hypertension, on a direct basis. The claim was also denied for an increased rating for PTSD and for an effective date prior to June 3, 1991, for the award of total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's overpayment of compensation benefits is waived due to the significant financial hardship and the fact that he had a dependent spouse during almost the entire period of the overpayment.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for coronary artery disease and an increased rating for rheumatic heart disease, finding that there is no competent medical evidence to support these claims.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for a left temporal subarachnoid cyst is not well grounded. The reduction in evaluation of the veteran's cardiovascular disability from 100 percent to 30 percent was denied as improper.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction, both stemming from VA treatment periods (1979-1988 and 1998), finding that there was no evidence of fault on VA's part in either case.

The Board has granted service connection for a heart disorder and assigned a noncompensable disability evaluation. The claim for an increased evaluation for right lower extremity varicosities was also granted, with the current evaluation of 10 percent effective February 20, 1998.

The veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease with left ventricular dysfunction, cardiac enlargement and hypertension was rated at 60 percent from March 22, 1996 to January 11, 1998.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for status post myocardial infarction is not well-grounded. The claim for an increased evaluation for residuals of rheumatic heart disease was also denied as there was no evidence linking the current condition to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection as his pre-existing congenital bicuspid aortic valve did not undergo a chronic increase in severity during military service.

The Board has granted service connection for post-traumatic osteoarthritis. The veteran's claims of service connection for ischemic heart disease due to beri-beri and PTSD are pending.

The Board denied service connection for heart disease and hypertension, finding the veteran's claim to be not well grounded due to her self-limited peripartum cardiomyopathy and gestational hypertension.

The Board has denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and the death pension claim due to lack of competent medical evidence linking the veteran's death to his service or a service-connected disability.

The veteran's PTSD is productive of considerable social and occupational impairment, with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks due to symptoms including sleeplessness, irritability, anxiety, and social isolation. The disability does not meet the criteria for more severe impairment.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of rheumatic fever and finds that new evidence supports a plausible link between his current heart disorders and his in-service condition. The case is remanded to schedule the veteran for a VA rating examination.