Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2022

The Veteran's diabetes, hypertension, and retinopathy are granted as service connected due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents. The hearing loss claim is remanded for further examination.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to multiple pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including incorrect social security numbers and missing military records. Additional evidence is needed to determine the relationship between his conditions and active duty.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes, hypertension, prostate cancer, and skin cancer as there is no persuasive evidence of in-service exposure to herbicide agents or chronic conditions during service.

The Veteran's type II diabetes mellitus and hypertension are granted as due to herbicide agent exposure.,Service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is granted as secondary to service-connected type II diabetes mellitus. The Veteran's Charcot right foot, missing toe, is also granted as secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for a lumbar spine disability and hypertension, finding insufficient evidence to establish a link between these conditions and her active duty service. The claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for migraine/tension headaches was also denied.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings on multiple knee and ankle conditions, as well as hypertension, are being remanded to the RO for initial consideration.

The Veteran's hypertension and diabetes mellitus, type II are presumed to have been incurred in service due to exposure to herbicide agents.,Right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy are all found to be secondary to the Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, right hand disorder, left hand disorder, right foot disorder, and left foot disorder. The issues of service connection for gout, hypertension, and heart disorder are remanded due to incomplete records.

Service connection for bilateral upper extremity neuropathy, left lower extremity neuropathy, PTSD, depressive disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, anxiety disorder, and left leg scar is granted. Service connection for head scar is denied.,The Veteran's hypertension was granted on a presumptive basis due to herbicide agent exposure.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical records and education on the credentials of VA examiners.

The Board denied service connection for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and Hypertension, finding that the evidence did not support a link to service or any other compensable factor.

The Board denied service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, glaucoma secondary to service-connected diabetes, and hypertension. The Veteran's claims were based on presumed exposure to herbicides (Agent Orange), but the Joint Services Records Research Center found no evidence of such exposure.,Service connection was not granted as there is insufficient evidence to establish actual exposure to Agent Orange or herbicide agents in service.

The Board has remanded the claims for coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, and an eye disorder due to new evidence. The Veteran's left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy claim is denied as there is no earlier effective date prior to November 7, 2017.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted as service-connected due to exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam, following the PACT Act of 2022.

Service connection for hypertension and prostate cancer is granted. Service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities and a heart condition (presumed ischemic heart disease) are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's hypertension, requiring medication for control, is rated at 10 percent under Diagnostic Code 7101.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination to determine the etiology of hypertension and its relationship to service, particularly considering presumed herbicide agent exposure. The TDIU claim is also remanded due to its inextricability with the hypertension claim.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date for the award of Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) from April 26, 2011. The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and experience from that date.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, finding that there was no evidence of herbicide exposure and insufficient medical evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and hypertension due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.