The Veteran's claim for ischemic heart disease, hypertension, insomnia with anger issues, sleep apnea, and gall bladder surgery has been denied. The claims for stiffness and slowness of movement and tremors (previously claimed as Parkinson’s disease) are remanded.,The Veteran's service connection claims have resulted in mixed decisions: some issues were granted while others were denied.
The deciding factor: For ischemic heart disease, hypertension, insomnia with anger issues, sleep apnea, and gall bladder surgery, the evidence does not support a current diagnosis or a link to service. For stiffness and slowness of movement and tremors (previously claimed as Parkinson’s disease), additional medical examination is needed.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic heart disease, Stiffness and slowness of movement, High cholesterol, Aortic valve replacement (heart disorder), Hypertension, Insomnia with anger issues, Sleep apnea, Tremors (previously claimed as Parkinson’s disease), Gall bladder surgery
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19101186
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,642 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial rating of 30 percent prior to July 18, 2014, and a higher than 60 percent rating thereafter for ischemic heart disease is being remanded due to incomplete evidence. The examiner needs to provide more detailed information about the severity of his service-connected condition.
- Denied
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for sleep apnea and acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) due to insufficient evidence of record. The Veteran is required to undergo VA examinations to determine if his conditions are related to service.
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