Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2022

The Veteran's left knee disability, allergic rhinitis, asthma, and hypertension have been rated appropriately. However, the issues of service connection for diabetes, hearing loss, and TDIU are not resolved due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient nexus opinions provided by VA examiners. The issues include back condition, hypertension, jaw condition, and allergic rhinitis with intermittent episodes of acute sinusitis.

The Veteran's hypertension is related to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service in Vietnam, and the Board finds sufficient epidemiological evidence to support this relationship.

The Veteran's hypertension and hypertensive heart disease are granted service connection, with the presumption of herbicide exposure as the basis for both conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension but denied service connection for prostate disability.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's hypertension was not shown as chronic in service and did not manifest to a compensable degree within a presumptive period. The Veteran's current hypertension is thus not presumed to be related to service. Service connection for hypertension is denied. For the disability productive of fatigue, the Board has remanded the issue due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board has denied service connection for glaucoma, a heart disorder (claimed as heart attack with stents and congestive heart failure), hypertension, neuropathy, and a tumor in the knee. The evidence does not establish that these conditions began during or within one year of active service, are related to an in-service injury or disease, or are secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's hypertension with atherosclerotic coronary disease does not meet the criteria for a rating higher than 60 percent. The issue of entitlement to individual unemployability is remanded due to the Veteran not submitting a VA Form 21-8940.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient information regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused or aggravated his obesity, which in turn contributed to his obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension, heart conditions (status post implanted automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator), hiatal hernia, and gouty arthritis due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.,Specifically, the Board requested additional opinions on whether these conditions are related to service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the cause of death and service connection for hypertension. The examiner is asked to provide opinions on whether the Veteran's renal cancer, heart disease (presumed ischemic), and hypertension are related to his military service, including herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is dismissed because his service-connected pulmonary vascular disease, COPD, and pulmonary embolisms with pulmonary hypertension have rendered him totally disabled.

The Veteran's hypertension is presumed to be due to his in-service herbicide exposure, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of multiple extremities. The decision also noted that the Veteran's claims were not perfected for other issues.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The appeals for service connection for various conditions have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for cause of death, finding that there is no evidence to support a causal relationship between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and his cause of death.

The Board has remanded the case due to non-compliance with previous directives. The Veteran's hypertension is being reviewed again for service connection.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus type II, finding that there is no evidence of a direct link to his active service or secondary to his service-connected specified trauma and stressor related disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the onset and cause of the Veteran's hypertension, which is a condition that contributed to his death. The VA will need to obtain additional medical records and provide an opinion on whether the hypertension was caused by service or related to service-connected conditions.