Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's hypertension and bilateral hearing loss are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors. A VA examination is required for both conditions.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is caused or aggravated by his service-connected hypertension, and the Board has granted this claim on a secondary basis.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's hypertension is related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The VA will need to provide a medical opinion on these issues.

The Veteran's service-connected left inguinal hernia repair is granted. An initial 10 percent rating for hypertension is granted. A 70 percent rating for PTSD with insomnia disorder is granted.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for diabetes mellitus and hypertension due to a failure to provide a VA examination and obtain a medical opinion regarding these conditions.

The Veteran's hypertension is not characterized by diastolic pressure predominantly 110 or more, and the Board finds that he does not meet the criteria for a 20 percent rating.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation, as he is capable of sedentary or low impact physical work.

The Veteran's sleep apnea, hypertension, and heart condition are granted service connection. The claims for diabetes mellitus, type II (DM) and colon cancer are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of adequate opinion regarding whether hypertension is related directly to service or secondary to obesity/weight gain caused by service-connected left ankle Achilles tendonitis.

The Veteran's service-connected chronic kidney disease is rated at 30 percent, and he is granted secondary service connection for hypertension and voiding dysfunction as complications of his chronic kidney disease.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is dismissed. The claim for residuals of tonsillectomy is denied. The claim for hypertension is remanded.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether hypertension had its clinical onset during service or is related to a service event. A new medical opinion will be required.

The Board has decided that the Veteran does not have service connection for hypertension, bilateral eye disorder, erectile dysfunction, or an acquired psychiatric disorder. The claim of entitlement to service connection for a hearing loss disorder is remanded.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to his presumed exposure to Agent Orange during his active duty service in the Republic of Vietnam.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction due to inadequate opinions in the original decision. The claims are now pending for further review.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an effective date prior to June 24, 2011, for service connection of lumbar spine disability and denied his claims for service connection of hypertension and hyperthyroidism. The Board found no evidence that these conditions began during active service or were related to in-service injury, event, or disease.

The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to obtain an opinion regarding how the appellant's service-connected disabilities, in combination with one another, impact his ability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The claim will be reconsidered after obtaining this additional information.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death is not related to his service, and therefore denied the claim for service connection for cause of death.

The Veteran's left shoulder condition claim is dismissed as the AOJ did not readjudicate it.,The Veteran does not have current diagnoses of sciatica, right carpal tunnel syndrome, or left carpal tunnel syndrome.

The Veteran's claimed disabilities, including left shoulder, right shoulder, right knee, left knee, right foot, and left foot disabilities, as well as bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, and prostate cancer, were not incurred or aggravated during service. The Board found that the evidence did not establish a nexus between these conditions and service.