BVA Decisions on Heart

108 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving heart — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.

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• CAVCCase 90-1360 — Unknown March 1, 1993
  The appellant asserts that, although he did not submit evidence that was "new and material", under the precedents of this Court, so as to reopen his previously and finally denied c...
• CAVCCase 96-1214 — Denied / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded February 11, 1999
  In the May 28, 1996, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied service connection for wounds of the lower extremities, frostbite of the feet, a skin disorder of the feet, heari...
• CAVCCase 94-503 — Affirmed November 5, 1997
  Savage, appeals a March 16, 1994, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) that denied a claim of service connection for a right hip disability after determining t...
• CAVCCase 94-661 — Denied / Reversed / Vacated March 7, 1997
  In order to conduct meaningful research, the veteran must provide the "who, what, where[,] and when" of each stressor....
• CAVCCase 94-0927 — Affirmed / Reversed January 27, 1997
  As was the case in Ramey, the BVA decision here was issued prior to the Combee opinion, and the BVA failed to address the question of direct service connection....
• CAVCCase 02-1077 — Vacated / Denied April 14, 2005
  In an addendum, the VA physician opined: This veteran's CAD is more likely than not related to both his long[]standing smoking and his [hypertension (HPT)]....
• CAVCCase 94-1080 — Affirmed / Granted / Vacated November 26, 1996
  Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
• CAVCCase 93-644 — Dismissed / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 14, 1995
  In February 1987, the RO confirmed its October 1986 denial of service connection for heart disease, finding that the evidence submitted was "not new and material"....
• CAVCCase 93-1203 — Vacated October 20, 1995
  3 The Board found that the evidence did not establish that "the veteran's heart disease manifested by systolic murmur was incurred or aggravated during active service"....
• CAVCCase 92-622 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded March 6, 1995
  The appellant has filed a brief requesting that the Court vacate the Board's decision denying his claims for back condition and arthritis, reverse the Board's finding that the evid...
• CAVCCase 03-1345 — Vacated / Remanded January 26, 2006
  He argues that the Board decision is clearly erroneous and should be reversed....
• BVACase 23029996 — Dismissed / Denied / Granted / Remanded May 23, 2023
  The additional documentation submitted since the September 2009 rating decision is new and material and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim of ser...
• CAVCCase 04-0140 — Affirmed September 11, 2006
  In May 1982, a VA regional office (RO) denied him entitlement to service connection for his heart-related conditions on the grounds that there was no evidence in his service medica...
• CAVCCase 99-132 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded / Dismissed August 16, 2000
  In May 1970, a VA regional office (VARO) determined that the appellant's schizophrenia was not related to his military service....
• CAVCCase 94-764 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated April 29, 1997
  In a December 1987 decision, the Board denied the § 351 DIC claim, finding that the "veteran's death was irrespective of the treatment provided and any factor arising from the trea...
• CAVCCase 95-310 — Remanded / Denied / Vacated November 10, 1998
  sychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); the Board also concluded that new and material evidence had not been presented or secured to reopen his previo...
• CAVCCase 93-550 — Dismissed / Vacated December 20, 1994
  In October 1972, an RO decision on appeal found "no evidence sufficiently new and material to warrant a rating change"....
• CAVCCase 93-1013 — Vacated / Remanded / Reversed August 10, 1994
  The Board held that appellant had not submitted new and material evidence since a May 4, 1990, VA letter informing him that he was ineligible for VA benefits because the Department...
• CAVCCase 01-1917 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated / Granted March 3, 2006
  § 7261(b)(2), lead to the following conclusions: (1) In Dingess, the Board erred in not providing adequate notice on how to substantiate a TDIU claim, and, applying the rule of pre...
• CAVCCase 94-850 — Vacated October 7, 1996
  In the August 3, 1994, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board concluded that the veteran had not submitted a well-grounded claim for service connection for Crohn's disease....
• BVACase 24007538 — Remanded February 13, 2024
  20-28 557 ; DATE: February 13, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the previously denied claim for entitlement to service connection for cardiomyopathy (clai...
• CAVCCase 03-1208 — Granted / Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed January 25, 2006
  Forcier's appeal from a June 13, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied his claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder....
• CAVCCase 90-1138 — Denied / Dismissed / Vacated / Remanded May 18, 1993
  The appellant's primary contention on appeal is that the Board erred in failing to award a service-connected rating for beriberi or beriberi heart disease....
• CAVCCase 90-1306 — Affirmed / Granted / Denied April 28, 1993
  chronic psychiatric disorder, panic disorder, was first manifested many years after service and is not related to service....
• BVACase 20-4075 — Unknown
  Be- cause the Veterans Court properly interpreted the new and material evidence rule in 38 C....
• BVACase 24009973 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 29, 2024
  20-27 542 DATE: February 29, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for a low back disorder is reopened and to this extent only,...
• CAVCCase 02-1012 — Remanded / Vacated September 3, 2004
  Army Environmental Support Group (ESG) informed the RO that both Chu Lai and Landing Zone English were attacked in 1967, but that, in order for the ESG to provide further research ...
• CAVCCase 90-960 — Granted / Affirmed / Denied / Vacated / Remanded September 29, 1992
  Post-traumatic Stress Disorder When a veteran presents a well-grounded claim for service connection, the Secretary has a duty to assist the veteran in developing the facts pertinen...
• BVACase 13-3410 — Denied
  Judge Hughes declines to opine as to when the VA’s duty to assist requires it to supply qualifications information and suggests that the veteran MATHIS v....
• CAVCCase 01-575 — Reversed / Vacated July 11, 2003
  In November 1995, the Board reopened the veteran's claim based on new and material evidence, including a February 1977 VA medical record noting that the veteran had told a physicia...
• CAVCCase 01-2030 — Reversed / Vacated August 17, 2004
  ) A March 1985 BVA decision denied service connection for "residuals of treated hyperthyroidism" because new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the June 1976 RO...
• CAVCCase 93-1222 — Affirmed December 9, 1998
  The appellant alleges in his statement of the issues (1) that the Board erred by failing to remand the heart condition claim to a VA regional office (VARO) to obtain additional med...
• CAVCCase 91-1683 — Denied / Granted / Vacated June 2, 1994
  In the June 1991 decision here on appeal, the Board denied the appellant's claim....
• CAVCCase 03-1251 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded December 15, 2004
  Duenas, who is unrepresented, appeals a May 13, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied his claims for service connection for (1) a urinary trac...
• DecisionCase 24016401 — Denied April 17, 2024
  16-34 356 DATE: April 17, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence has not been received; the petition to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection for a hiatal hernia is...
• CAVCCase 94-149 — Reversed / Dismissed / Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed April 16, 1996
  In April 1971, the RO, finding the evidence submitted "not new and material to warrant a favorable reconsideration", refused to reopen the claim....
• BVACase 200901-107174 — Granted / Denied / Remanded March 26, 2024
  The Veteran was notified of the denial in an October 2016 letter and did not initiate an appeal or submit new and material evidence within one year....
• BVACase 24005610 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 2, 2024
  20-09 093 DATE: February 2, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claims of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a lumbar spine di...
• CAVCCase 94-0384 — Affirmed February 27, 1997
  The next month, the Regional Office (RO) informed him that he was not service connected for bronchitis, but that if he wished to file a claim for that condition, he needed to submi...
• BVACase 23006286 — Denied / Remanded February 1, 2023
  The Veteran's cervical spine disability is not related to his active service....
• CAVCCase 91-1535 — Reversed
  held that: (1) claims were properly reopened; (2) remand was required for assignment of disability rating for reopened nervous disorder claim; and (3) Board's finding that five-yea...
• CAVCCase 93-62 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded January 26, 1995
  In November 1982, the Board denied, on the following grounds, service connection for the veteran's heart disorder: Examinations prior to 1979 had not found evidence of left-side he...
• CAVCCase 98-572 — Affirmed / Granted December 19, 2002
  The following month, the RO informed the appellant by letter that new and material evidence was required to reopen his claim that was denied by the RO on February 24, 1981....
• CAVCCase 94-883 — Unknown September 12, 1996
  In the June 29, 1994, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board found that the claim was well grounded but denied entitlement to service connection for PTSD....
• CAVCCase 94-1194 — Affirmed June 12, 1996
  NEBEKER, Chief Judge: The appellant, Virgil Butler, appeals an August 8, 1994, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) decision finding that he had not submitted new and material...
• BVACase 221110-294734 — Denied / Granted / Remanded December 20, 2024
  The Board must assess the credibility and weight of all the evidence, including the medical evidence, to determine its probative value, accounting for the evidence which it finds t...
• CAVCCase 96-47 — Denied March 25, 1998
  In April 1993, after reviewing the appellant’s claim de novo, the Board denied service connection for a gastrointestinal condition....
• CAVCCase 96-1508 — Reversed / Remanded February 23, 1999
  His service medical records do not reveal any diagnosis of or treatment for liver problems and he was not service connected for any disease or injury....
• CAVCCase 93-228 — Vacated / Remanded March 8, 1994
  Additionally, "the Board failed to consider and discuss lay evidence of appellant's apparent personality change pre- and post-service," and "fail[ed] to provide reasons or bases fo...
• DecisionCase 25009942 — Granted / Denied July 31, 2025
  At which time, the Board found additional information and evidence had been submitted by the Veteran, which raised additional theories of entitlement to service connection that wer...
• CAVCCase 05-2475 — Vacated / Remanded November 22, 2006
  In its August 26, 2005, decision, the Board denied entitlement to service connection for PTSD....
• CAVCCase 97-1831 — Vacated / Remanded / Dismissed February 8, 1999
  tion secondary to exposure to Agent Orange was not well grounded (claim 2); and (3) determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a disallowed claim fo...
• BVACase 23034679 — Granted / Denied / Remanded June 20, 2023
  As new and material evidence (NME) has not been received, the claim to reopen entitlement to service connection for a back condition is denied....
• CAVCCase 90-103 — Vacated September 15, 1993
  actor in the veteran's unemployment; to discuss the veteran's capacity for work; and to discuss the credibility of the veteran's sworn testimony as evidence....
• BVACase 220714-259014 — Denied / Remanded October 30, 2024
  If evidence was submitted during the period after the AOJ issued the decisions, which were subsequently subject to higher-level review the Board did not consider it in its decision...
• DecisionCase 23034765 — Granted June 21, 2023
  In May 2019, the Board found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the appellant's claim of entitlement to recognition as the Veteran's surviving spouse....
• CAVCCase 94-54 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded March 8, 1996
  The appellant contends that the Board erred in failing to apply 38 U....
• BVACase 24016558 — Granted / Denied / Remanded April 17, 2024
  A grant for service connection for a disability requires: (1) a present disability or persistent or recurrent symptoms of a disability; (2) an in-service incurrence or aggravation ...
• CAVCCase 93-289 — Affirmed April 6, 1995
  The Board denied the appellant's claim and she filed a timely appeal to this Court....
• CAVCCase 92-976 — Denied / Vacated / Remanded December 20, 1993
  Duty to Assist/Reasons or Bases Requirements Section 5107(a) of title 38 of the United States Code provides that "a person who submits a claim for benefits under a law administered...
• CAVCCase 93-1098 — Affirmed April 13, 1995
  Barnett, appeals a September 13, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen her cla...
• CAVCCase 91-1292 — Vacated February 24, 1993
  In addition, coronary heart disease, and diabetes are listed as "OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS--Conditions contributing to death but not related to [immediate cause]....
• CAVCCase 91-386 — Vacated / Remanded December 2, 1993
  In a decision dated October 24, 1990, the Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, stating that symptoms characteristic of PTSD were not noted in the c...
• CAVCCase 95-497 — Affirmed February 26, 1997
  a November 1973 effective date for total disability, and that found the appellant had not presented new and material evidence to reopen a claim for service connection for the cause...
• BVACase 23000407 — Denied / Granted January 4, 2023
  The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the Veteran's respiratory disorder was causally related to any disease, injury, or incident during service; or related to ...
• CAVCCase 96-704 — Affirmed / Vacated August 11, 1998
  Anglin appeals a May 24, 1996, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision finding that new and material evidence sufficient to reopen claims for service connection for post-trauma...
• CAVCCase 92-890 — Unknown August 8, 1994
  § 5108, which requires the Secretary to reopen a previously and finally disallowed claim when "new and material evidence" is presented or secured with respect to that claim....
• CAVCCase 95-444 — Denied March 21, 1997
  A well-grounded service-connection claim generally requires medical evidence of a current disability; medical or, in certain circumstances, lay evidence of in-service incurrence or...
• CAVCCase 90-1150 — Vacated / Dismissed / Granted / Reversed September 23, 1994
  8 is a finding of fact that the Court must affirm unless that determination is found to be 'clearly erroneous'"); Bledsoe v....
• CAVCCase 99-1038 — Unknown June 4, 2002
  The Secretary argues that the Court should vacate the Board's decision and remand the claim because the Board failed to provide sufficient reasons and bases for its determination a...
• DecisionCase 12-1182 — Dismissed
  DeFlanders (“DeFlanders”) appeals from the decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”) affirming the deci- sions of the Board of Veterans...
• CAVCCase 94-557 — Reversed / Denied / Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed November 14, 1997
  A June 1979 RO decision granted a 30% rating for service-connected congestive heart failure, effective on July 15, 1978, and concluded that CDD and related muscle atrophy were not ...
• CAVCCase 98-446 — Granted September 20, 1999
  FACTS On January 29, 1998, the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the appellant's claim for entitlement...
• CAVCCase 95-570 — Affirmed August 12, 1996
  The Board found that prior to his death, the anxiety neurosis was manifested by psychiatric symptoms including anxiety, feelings of depression, nightmares, and flashbacks....
• BVACase 24031166 — Denied / Remanded September 26, 2024
  The Veteran's right knee, bilateral shoulder, and bilateral elbow disabilities are not related to an in-service injury or disease, to include as due to service in Southwest Asia an...
• CAVCCase 02-1284 — Vacated / Remanded June 8, 2005
  Kowalski maintains that the Board erred by denying his hearing- loss claim on the basis that he had abandoned it by refusing to report for a VA medical examination and by also conc...
• DecisionCase 240517-440505 — Denied / Remanded / Granted May 30, 2025
  Continuity of symptomatology may be shown by demonstrating "(1) that a condition was 'noted' during service or any applicable presumption period; (2) evidence of post-service conti...
• BVACase 23029153 — Denied / Granted May 18, 2023
  The applicability of the reasonable doubt doctrine has been considered; however, since the preponderance of the evidence is against the claim, the benefit-of-the-doubt rule does no...
• BVACase 210425-155589 — Denied / Remanded December 20, 2024
  To the extent the evidence is found in "approximate balance," the Board will afford the benefit of the doubt in favor of the Veteran....
• CAVCCase 91-1565 — Unknown June 11, 1993
  On January 15, 1980, a medical board noted appellant's "chronic persistent mild to moderate right hemiscrotal discomfort" and recommended that appellant would be more effective if ...