Ischemic heart disease Board decisions

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for valvular heart disease with atrial fibrillation due to a need for an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of the diagnosed heart disorders, specifically addressing direct causation.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease, as there was no evidence that the Veteran filed a claim for benefits related to a heart condition prior to December 17, 2004.

The Veteran is granted an earlier effective date for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from April 26, 2023, but no earlier.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD) status-post CABG surgery, and amputations of the left and right lower extremities.

The Board remands the case to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death, which was cardiopulmonary arrest due to coronary artery disease.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded several issues for further development.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for CAD prior to October 17, 2022, and a rating in excess of 60 percent from October 17, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability but denied service connection for heart disability, type 2 diabetes mellitus, left lower peripheral neuropathy, and right lower peripheral neuropathy.

The Board remands the matter to ensure that the Veteran is provided a fully adequate medical opinion regarding the severity of his coronary artery disease (CAD) prior to May 28, 2015.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease and hypertension under the PACT Act, presumptively linking both conditions to herbicide agent exposure in Thailand.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions of CAD, diabetes mellitus, and peripheral neuropathy prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board granted service connection for eczema based on toxic exposure during the Veteran's deployment to Afghanistan, as supported by a positive nexus opinion. The claim for coronary artery disease (CAD) was remanded for further evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including headaches, nervous condition, skin lesions, sleep apnea, and heart condition/atrial fibrillation, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, headaches, and a heart condition, finding that these conditions are as likely as not related to the Veteran's active-duty service.

The Board dismissed the legacy appeals for service connection for ischemic heart disease and bilateral hearing loss due to a claims processing defect.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and denied service connection for PTSD, diabetes mellitus, type II, sleep apnea, hypertension, heart disability, headaches, erectile dysfunction, and remanded the claims for secondary service connection and TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for a vision disability, to include hyperopia and presbyopia, and remanded several other claims including those for kidney, hypertension, sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, lower extremity neuropathy, hip, knee, heart, neck, upper extremity radiculopathy, and TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease (CAD) based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicides, as presumed under the PACT Act.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), coronary artery disease, and status post myocardial infarction.

The Board denied the appeal for service connection for coronary artery disease for the purposes of retroactive benefits under Nehmer v. Department of Veterans Affairs, as the Veteran is not a Nehmer class member.