Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2020

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for heart condition, prostate cancer, hypertension, urinary incontinence, and erectile dysfunction due to potential herbicide exposure during service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for PTSD, hypertension, and kidney disease due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and severity of his service-connected PTSD. Additional VA examinations are needed to address the etiology of his hypertension and kidney diseases.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type 2, was granted effective June 4, 2013.,PTSD and hypertension claims were denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disability, claimed as ischemic heart disease and other than hypertension, a cervical spine disability, pseudofolliculitis barbae, bilateral hearing loss, headaches, low back disability, psychiatric disability (PTSD), left elbow disability, right knee disability, left ankle disability, sleep apnea, and hypertension have all been denied. The effective date for the award of service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae has also been denied.

The Veteran's claim for hypertension was reopened and granted.,The Veteran's claim for PTSD was reopened and granted.,The Veteran's claim for left hip osteoarthritis was reopened and granted.,The Veteran's claim for low back disability was remanded.

The Board has remanded the cases due to potential herbicide exposure in Vietnam, and will need to determine if the Veteran's diabetes and hypertension are related to his service.

The Veteran's claims for increased disability rating, earlier effective date, and service connection have been dismissed. The Board has also remanded the Veteran's claims for acid reflux, hypertension, and degenerative arthritis with IVDS of the thoracolumbar spine.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of OSA, prostate disability, and hypertension due to the death of the appellant.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to verify the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during service in Korea, including along the DMZ. The remanded issues are for service connection of a skin disorder and hypertension as secondary to such exposure.

Service connection is granted for prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction due to service-connected conditions. The hypertension case requires further medical evaluation.

The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, hypertension, polyneuropathy, and erectile dysfunction due to in-service herbicide exposure. The conditions are presumed as the Veteran served in Thailand during a period that qualifies as Vietnam era service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including back disability, right leg sciatica, left leg sciatica, hip disabilities, ankle and foot disabilities, respiratory issues, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and peripheral neuropathy have been denied as the evidence does not establish a link between these conditions and service.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been granted. The claim for high blood pressure has been remanded.

The Board has dismissed all issues of entitlement to service connection or disability ratings for various conditions as the appellant withdrew his appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Veteran's hypertension is rated as noncompensable, but a maximum schedular rating of 50 percent for migraine headaches and a compensatory rating of 60 percent for fecal incontinence (IBS) are granted.,Fecal incontinence is now assigned an effective date of November 25, 2008.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee condition and hypertension, including as secondary to diabetes mellitus II. The decision on the right knee claim is based on lack of evidence linking the current disability to service or any incident therein. For hypertension, the Board found no in-service incurrence and insufficient nexus between the current disability and service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Board has remanded the cases of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension due to additional VA records not previously considered.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus was reopened, and he is now granted service connection.,His hypertension and kidney condition are denied as not related to his active duty service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, including as due to exposure to herbicides, is granted and remanded. The evidence received since the last denial relates to a previously unestablished element of the claim.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for a low back disability and for ratings in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches, as well as for hypertension prior to February 21, 2019. A rating of 10 percent for hypertension is granted from that date.