Ischemic heart disease Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for ischemic heart disease, prostate cancer, and bone cancer as due to herbicide exposure under the PACT Act. The claims for the heart disability and prostate cancer prior to August 10, 2022, were remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for coronary artery disease to obtain an addendum opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's PTSD and his heart condition.

The Board granted an effective date of March 8, 2024 for the grant of service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus but denied earlier effective dates for atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure. The other claims were remanded.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) prior to July 2, 2023.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to July 25, 2023, for service connection of arteriosclerotic heart disease.

The Board denied service connection for ischemic heart disease (IHD) for purposes of establishing entitlement to retroactive benefits as a Nehmer class member.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to coronary artery disease with atrial fibrillation from April 10, 2012, and special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) based on housebound status from April 10, 2013.

The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) but denied a higher rating for chronic kidney disease.

The Board granted service connection for a back condition but denied service connection for hypertension, heart condition, and migraines. The claim for sleep apnea was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for a heart disability, Raynaud's syndrome, and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a heart disorder, hypertension, and AL amyloidosis due to an incomplete duty to assist regarding potential herbicide exposure.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 15, 2011, for a 60 percent rating coronary artery disease, status-post myocardial infarction.

The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran and finding that his condition is related to environmental exposures during service.

The Board granted a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities effective July 29, 2019, but not earlier.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and accrued benefits due to pending asbestos exposure development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher initial disability rating and TDIU, finding that his service-connected conditions did not meet the criteria for increased ratings or unemployability.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for headaches, a sleep condition (OSA), Parkinsonism (including Parkinson's disease), unspecified depressive disorder, CAD with atrial fibrillation, bilateral upper extremity neuropathy, and bilateral lower extremity neuropathy based on new evidence. The claim for hyperhidrosis was denied as no new relevant evidence was received.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 31, 2018, for the 60 percent rating for coronary artery disease with sinus bradycardia status post myocardial infarction.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, valvular heart disease (chest pain and cardiac valve stenosis), aortic aneurysm, and hypertension as these conditions were not found to be etiologically related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, to include aortic valve stenosis, CAD, coronary artery bypass surgery and aortic valve replacement, based on the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.