Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2023

The Veteran's hypertension is rated as noncompensable, and the Board finds a need for an updated VA examination to determine its current severity.

The Veteran's bilateral foot disability, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease are being remanded for further development.,Specifically, a VA medical opinion is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral foot disability, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease.

The Veteran's claims for erectile dysfunction and hypertension were granted. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea, secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II, is remanded.

The Veteran's rhinitis is granted service connection, but his hypertension and lumbar spine disorder are denied. The psychiatric disorder (depression) claim cannot be decided due to lack of verified stressor.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical records and needs more information about the Veteran's hypertension condition, including its relation to his service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, finding that it did not exist prior to or during his military service and was not aggravated by any in-service event.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for coronary artery disease, hypertension, and pleural thickening are granted on an accrued basis due to presumed exposure to herbicides. The claim for COPD is remanded as the evidence does not establish its onset in service or a relationship to asbestos exposure.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus, kidney disorder, hypertension, skeletal arthritis, peripheral neuropathy (upper and lower extremities), bilateral eye disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The appeals are now pending for further examination and opinion.

The Board has granted the Veteran's requests to reopen his claims for service connection for several disabilities, including left foot and eye disabilities. The remaining claims are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, an epileptic seizure disorder, and headaches due to their inextricably intertwined nature. The VA is required to provide a medical opinion regarding the etiology of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to the Veteran's failure to report for VA examinations. The Veteran is required to attend a VA examination at a closer location and efforts should be made to contact him.

The Veteran's application to reopen the previously denied claim for hypertension was denied.,The Veteran's application to reopen the previously denied claim for erectile dysfunction was granted.

The Veteran's asthma is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board denied a higher rating.,The Veteran was granted TDIU from April 20, 2020. The case is being remanded to consider entitlement to TDIU before that date.

Service connection for hypertension is granted pursuant to the PACT Act. The issues of service connection for colon cancer, liver cancer, anemia, and erectile dysfunction are remanded.

The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD is denied as there is no current diagnosis of such a condition separate from his service-connected PTSD.,Service connection for OSA, secondary to service-connected PTSD, is granted based on the Veteran's long-standing snoring and obesity history.

Service connection has been granted for bipolar disorder, left hip impairment, right hip impairment, cervical spine injury, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hypertension, tinnitus, voiding dysfunction, and erectile dysfunction.,Effective dates have been assigned for service connection based on the filing of a VA 21-0966 Intent to File within one year of May 7, 2016.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension due to the Appellant's representative seeking to withdraw the appeal.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a lung condition is dismissed. Service connection is granted for the left arm condition, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board has dismissed the claim of service connection for hypertension as it was previously granted in a June 2020 rating decision. The issue of service connection for a thyroid condition is remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered her unable to secure and follow substantially gainful occupation since August 9, 2012.