The Veteran's claim for service connection for ischemic heart disease has been denied as there is no evidence of a current diagnosis.,The Veteran's hypertension claim has been remanded due to the inadequacy of the April 2020 VA examination and the need for a new examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran did not have ischemic heart disease at the time of filing his claim, as there was no current diagnosis in the medical records.,The April 2020 VA examination is inadequate because it failed to consider whether the hypertension preexisted service and was aggravated by service. A new examination is required.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic heart disease, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2023
- Citation
- A23032689
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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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- Denied
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