Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2023

The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between the veteran's conditions and their service, particularly exposure to cold weather.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional VA examinations to determine the etiology of his claimed sleep, knee, pelvis, and elbow conditions. The initial compensable rating claim for hypertension remains denied.

The Board has granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes and hypertension.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was denied, and his TDIU claim was also denied as he did not meet the schedular requirements.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and macular degeneration as they are not shown to be related to his military service. The evidence does not establish a nexus between these conditions and his active duty service.

The Board has remanded the cases of hypertension and left shoulder disability for further development, including obtaining addendum medical opinions to address service connection.

The Board has decided to remand the cases of hypertension and back disability for further development.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient analysis in previous medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran had a pre-existing hypertension-related condition and if it was aggravated by service.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA medical opinion and incomplete service treatment records. The examiner is asked to address whether any immediate cause of death, underlying cause, or significant contributing condition had its onset during active service based on the appellant's statements about in-service hypertension diagnosis and a suspicious mark.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to inadequate medical opinions and compliance with previous remand requests.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for HIV, left leg and foot peripheral neuropathy, tinnitus, hypertension, acquired psychiatric disorder, kidney disorder, right arm, left arm, right hand, left hand, right leg, and right foot peripheral neuropathy due to new evidence of service connection being reopened. The VA is instructed to schedule examinations and obtain medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus, finding that the positive and negative evidence is in approximate balance that these conditions manifested within one year of separation from his second period of active duty service.,The Board has also granted service connection for LLE peripheral neuropathy and RLE peripheral neuropathy, finding that the positive and negative evidence is in approximate balance that these conditions were caused by diabetes mellitus.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his heart disability and TDIU prior to December 1, 2016 is being remanded due to the submission of new evidence. The issues will be reconsidered with all available records.

The Board has granted the petition to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus, but has remanded the cases for further development regarding the Veteran's claimed exposure to herbicides.

The Veteran's hypertension was denied as not being related to service or secondary to PTSD.,The Veteran's severe hand and arm lacerations were granted as secondary to his PTSD with alcohol and cannabis substance abuse.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disability (including major depression with psychotic features) due to the lack of credible evidence linking these conditions to military service.

The Board has determined that the complete service records have not been obtained and a remand is necessary to obtain them. Additionally, a VA examination with an opinion is needed to determine the nature, etiology, and severity of the Veteran's claimed lumbar spine, right foot, thoracic spine, and shoulder disabilities.

The Veteran's hypertension is proximately due to his service-connected disabilities, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition as secondary to those disabilities.

The Veteran's appeal of service connection for hypertension has been dismissed due to the withdrawal by his attorney.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU prior to July 14, 2012, finding that he did not meet the schedular criteria and there was insufficient evidence to substantiate a reasonable possibility of unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.