Ischemic heart disease Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for a heart disorder and a skin disorder, finding no link between the current conditions and service. The evidence did not establish a nexus to service.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for coronary artery disease due to herbicide exposure, as the Veteran testified about his specific movements near the Korean DMZ. The VA needs to verify these claimed locations and provide additional development.

The Board has denied service connection for a heart disability and an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran's claim of entitlement to TDIU prior to June 26, 2014 is remanded.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death. The Board cannot consider the merits of the claims as they are no longer relevant.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and opinions regarding his lung disability and coronary artery disease.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, headache disorder, sleep apnea and insomnia disorders, type II diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the lower and upper extremities, and ischemic heart disease have all been granted.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including coronary artery disease, bilateral knee and hip disabilities, prevented him from securing or maintaining a substantially gainful occupation prior to January 1, 2010. The Board granted the TDIU on an extraschedular basis starting from January 1, 2010.

The Veteran's B-cell lymphoma is granted service connection due to in-service exposure to ionizing radiation. The claim for ischemic heart disease, related to in-service exposure to ionizing radiation, is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to April 3, 2017 and from August 2, 2017 due to insufficient evidence showing that his service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's coronary artery disease is related to his high cholesterol during service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's application to reopen his service connection claim for a heart disability was denied because the submitted evidence did not relate to previously unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claim.,Service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is denied as there is no current diagnosis of TBI in the record.

The Board denied service connection for a liver disability, including as due to a service-connected disability. The Veteran's current liver disability is not related to active service.,The Board also denied service connection for ischemic heart disease, including as due to in-service exposure to an herbicide agent. The Veteran does not have ischemic heart disease and his current heart disorders are not attributable to active service.

The Veteran's TDIU claim was granted for multiple service-connected disabilities from March 7, 2013 to September 17, 2018. From September 18, 2018, the Veteran's TDIU is granted solely due to his service-connected heart disease and PTSD, which are rated at 60 percent or more combined.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a TDIU under VA regulations, as they do not combine to result in a combined rating of at least 70%.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hip disorder and heart disorder have been granted, but the rating assigned is not specified. The effective date is not provided.

The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the death of the appellant, and no disability rating is granted.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to a lack of evidence linking his service-connected disabilities to his fatal conditions. The Board found that neither arteriosclerotic coronary artery disease, hypertensive heart disease nor end stage renal disease were caused by or aggravated by any of the Veteran's service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for an additional medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected headaches contributed to his cause of death.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including respiratory disabilities, skin disabilities, alopecia, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus type II, and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities and lower extremities, due to lack of credible evidence of in-service exposure to herbicide agents or other confirmed exposures. The preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension/blood pressure disability, transient ischemic attack/stroke, coronary artery disease (CAD), kidney disease, stage 3, headache disability, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and psychiatric disability due to inextricably intertwined issues.