Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2018

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy, prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation as of November 27, 2009. Prior to that date, he did not meet the schedular criteria for a TDIU.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, sleep apnea, hypertension, and other conditions are granted service connection. Service connection for rheumatoid arthritis is remanded due to lack of evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine degenerative disc disease, sleep apnea, and hypertension (claimed as high blood pressure), finding that the Veteran's conditions are at least in equipoise with evidence of onset during active duty service.,Service connection is established based on the presumption of soundness under 38 U.S.C. § 1112 for cervical spine degenerative disc disease, sleep apnea, and hypertension (claimed as high blood pressure).

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, chronic renal disease, and right side inguinal hernia. The Board found that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his period of service or herbicide exposure.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions including back disorder, tinnitus, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, diabetes mellitus, and nerve disorder due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension, coronary artery disease, supraventricular arrhythmias, and abdominal aortic aneurysm as secondary to hypertension due to insufficient evidence regarding their onset during service or their relationship to hypertension.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and requests for missing service treatment records, VA outpatient treatment records, and private non-VA treatment records.

The Veteran's vision disorder is not service-connected.,Service connection for an intestinal disorder, to include as secondary to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, is denied.,High cholesterol is not a compensable disability and thus not service-connected.,Hypertension is not service-connected.,Abdominal aortic aneurysm is not service-connected.,Skin cancer is not service-connected.,Service connection for stroke is not granted.

The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia, hypertension, left leg varicose veins, and right leg varicose veins. The evidence did not establish a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active service or any incident therein.

All appeals are dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypothyroidism and hypertension, as well as the issue regarding his character of discharge, have been dismissed due to their death.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange and his hypertension. The Veteran must provide additional medical records, clarify his herbicide agent exposure claims, and undergo a VA examination to determine if his hypertension is related to service.

The Veteran's service-connected migraines have been granted an initial 50 percent rating, effective December 21, 2018. The Board has also remanded several other issues for further development.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD has been reopened. The Board also remanded the issues of service connection for lumbosacral or cervical strain, right knee strain, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection and increased rating claims due to withdrawal of his appeal by the Veteran. The appeals were not related to service connection, but rather to issues regarding increased ratings.

The Veteran's lung condition and hypertension due to herbicide exposure are granted, but his bilateral hearing loss and PTSD claims for initial ratings remain denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, as it is unclear whether his condition had its onset in service or is related to his service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's hypertension disability is being remanded for an updated VA examination to determine the current severity of his service-connected condition.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the relationship between hypertension and service-connected atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, as well as the Veteran's presumed exposure to herbicide agents during military service.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction requires an oral hypoglycemic agent and restricted diet but not regulation of activities.,The Veteran’s hypertension requires continuous medication.,Right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is manifested by mild incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve.,Left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is manifested by mild incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve.,For the entire rating period on appeal, the Veteran's PTSD is productive of occupational and social impairment with difficulties in most areas due to symptoms such as disturbance of mood and motivation, irritability, anxiety, sleep impairment, and depression; total occupational and social impairment was not shown.,The claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD was granted following an application to reopen which was received by the RO on December 1, 2009.,The Veteran was granted service connection for coronary artery disease, status-post angioplasty and aortocoronary bypass, following a claim of entitlement to service connection which was received by the RO on September 6, 2007.