Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2019

The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to new evidence and inextricably intertwined issues. The Veteran's Graves' disease, hypertension (HTN), and bone brittleness are not service-connected.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence and further development is needed, including obtaining medical records and conducting an examination.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's hypertension may be related to his service in Vietnam, where he was presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange. However, a VA examination is needed to determine if there is a link between his hypertension and this exposure.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for vision problems, bilateral hearing loss disability, and skin disorder due to insufficient evidence or lack of examination.

The Board has remanded the cases of service connection for PTSD, hypertension, and diabetes due to conflicting evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed in-service exposure. The claims are not granted as there is no current diagnosis of PTSD or verified stressors.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as the evidence did not establish a link between his current disabilities and his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and chronic headaches (migraines) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD. Service connection for COPD is denied.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for a heart disorder, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea due to inadequate reasons or bases in the previous decision.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted service connection due to exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam. His bilateral hearing loss does not meet the criteria for a disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent.

The Board has remanded the issue of TDIU due to the inextricably intertwined issues of service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, sleep condition and memory loss. The Veteran's current combined evaluation is at 60 percent.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee arthritis, hypertension, sleep apnea, intermittent rectal bleeding, reflux disorder, low normal platelet count, and papillary hyperplasia. The appeals are REMANDED for further development regarding skin tags and lesions.

The Board has dismissed the appeal for PTSD. The remaining issues of service connection for hypertension, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, chronic sinusitis, and acne are remanded.

The Veteran's hypertension and hypertensive heart disease are not rated as compensable, despite the need for medication to control blood pressure.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, a cardiac disorder (including ischemic heart disease and atrial fibrillation), a respiratory condition (dyspnea), and bilateral-eye disorders (diabetic retinopathy, partial blindness, glaucoma, cataracts) due to diabetes. The Board also denied service connection for peripheral vascular disease of the right-lower extremity.,The Board found that there was no evidence linking hypertension or a cardiac disorder to service or service-connected conditions and thus denied these claims.

The Board has remanded the cases of hypertension and coronary artery disease due to conflicting opinions on whether the Veteran's hypertension is aggravated by his service-connected vascular headaches.

The Board denied the reopening of claims for service connection for depression, GERD, a skin rash, and bronchitis. The claim for hypertension was reopened but not granted due to lack of evidence linking it to service.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and evaluations.

The claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and hypertension have been denied.,New evidence has reopened the previously denied claims of service connection for stress, a respiratory disability, headaches, tinea pedis, PFB, foreign body, right eye (claimed as an eye condition), testicle pain, and stroke.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, finding that it did not preexist his active duty and was not aggravated by service. The evidence showed that the Veteran had been diagnosed with hypertension since at least 1984.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a lower back condition has been reopened due to the submission of new and relevant evidence.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for glaucoma, secondary to diabetes mellitus type II, has been reopened due to the submission of new and relevant evidence.