Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2005

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss, cervical spine degenerative joint disease, a sleep disorder, hypertension, and lumbar spine degenerative joint disease with stenosis. The rating assigned was 40 percent for the lumbar spine condition.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for cardiovascular disease (including hypertension) and kidney disorder, finding no evidence of these conditions during or within one year after service, and concluding that they are not related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, depression, and headaches.,There is no evidence linking the veteran's current conditions to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, finding that the condition did not have its onset in service and was not linked to any experience of military service, including herbicide exposure.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hypertension is not related to his service-connected PTSD and therefore denied the claim for secondary service connection.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected hypertension and coronary artery disease with abnormal EKG, asymptomatic associated with hypertension as there is no evidence of more than the currently assigned disability levels.

The Board found that the veteran's glaucoma and ocular hypertension are not related to his service or to medication for his service-connected blepharoconjunctivitis, and therefore denied the claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's hypertension was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied his claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hypertension did not begin in service and is not related to his military service, thus denying his claim for service connection.

The veteran's claims for service connection for right leg disability, heart disability with fatigue and hypertension, chronic sinusitis, left shoulder disability, glaucoma, headaches, PTSD, residuals of head injury, and residuals of a nose injury were all denied as not related to his active duty service.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a travel board hearing.

The veteran's claims for service connection for dermatitis, residuals of a right testicle injury, and residuals of a low right stomach injury were denied. The claim for hypertension was not fully adjudicated as the RO did not address whether it is related to PTSD.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal regarding whether new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen his claim for PTSD. The issue of service connection for hypertension was not addressed due to the dismissal.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and PTSD, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims based on the current medical records.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluations for service-connected osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine and hypertension are being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations, updated VCAA notification, and consideration of new schedular criteria.

The appeal has been dismissed due to the appellant's withdrawal of his appeal.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and entitlement to DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, finding that rheumatoid arthritis did not contribute to the veteran's death.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for her service-connected hypertension, finding that her diastolic blood pressure was predominantly not greater than 115 and thus did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for hypertension, finding that there is no evidence showing it was incurred in or aggravated by his active service.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and a 100 percent rating for schizophrenia. The issue of entitlement to service connection for major depression remains pending and is remanded for further examination and opinion.