The veteran's atherosclerotic heart disease and hypertension were granted service connection on the basis of being incurred as a result of active service due to his status as a prisoner of war. The ratings for peptic ulcer disease and anxiety disorder with depressive features remain unchanged.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the veteran's status as a former prisoner of war, which allows for presumptive service connection for certain diseases including atherosclerotic heart disease and hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- Atherosclerotic heart disease, Hypertensive vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 19, 2007
- Citation
- 0718362
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- Granted
The Board has restored a 60 percent disability rating for ischemic heart disease, coronary artery disease, and atherosclerotic heart disease (IHD) effective September 13, 2023. The decision concludes that the reduction in rating from 60 percent to 30 percent was not proper due to actual improvement in the Veteran's condition under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by a disability incurred in or aggravated during his military service, and the Board denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of death.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for hypertensive vascular disease is dismissed.,The appeals for service connection for impairment of the lower leg, tibia and fibula (right shin splint) and left shin splint are dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, and atherosclerotic heart disease to obtain additional medical opinions.
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