Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to hypertension and assigned a 20 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss from May 11, 2023, through August 9, 2024.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death to obtain a VA medical opinion regarding whether the service-connected hypertension was a contributory cause of death.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for hypertension, degenerative arthritis of the spine and IVDS, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and hypertension based on credible evidence of in-service noise exposure and onset of symptoms.

The Board restored a 10% rating for hypertension effective November 1, 2024, and dismissed the issue of proposed reduction in the rating for arteriosclerotic heart disease.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and congestive heart failure (CHF) to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension and remanded the claims for increased ratings for bilateral eye vitreous body crystalline deposits and asteroid hyalosis, as well as Type II diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, left knee arthritis, and right knee arthritis. OSA was denied, and the PTSD rating was also denied.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to the Veteran's service-connected heart and leg disabilities, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including sleep apnea, left and right hand disabilities, lumbar degenerative disc disease, left and right knee disabilities, hypertension, coronary artery disease, headache disability, vertigo, hiatal hernia/GERD, and effective date prior to June 28, 2018, for the award of service connection for other trauma and stressor-related disorder. The Board granted an initial evaluation of 50 percent, but no higher, for other trauma and stressor-related disorder and a TDIU.

The Board remands the case to obtain a VA examination addressing the severity of hypertension and whether headaches are secondary to it.

The Board granted service connection for left shoulder strain and impingement syndrome and mild obstructive lung disease, but denied an increased rating for hypertension. The remaining issues are remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a heart condition and remanded claims for colon cancer and scar tissue surgery due to insufficient evidence of in-service exposure.

The Board denied the claims for accrued benefits, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) for service connection for the cause of death, and a nonservice-connected pension.

The Board denied service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, and bleeding of the eyes as there is no evidence that these conditions are related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status prior to October 10, 2014, as the Veteran did not meet the threshold requirements for SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s).

The Board denied increased ratings for hypertension and hemorrhoids but granted service connection for diabetes mellitus as secondary to hemorrhoids.

The Board granted service connection for rhinitis, respiratory disorder (shortness of breath), low back pain (lumbar spine disorder), erectile dysfunction as secondary to PTSD, hypertension as secondary to PTSD, tremors as secondary to PTSD, and migraines as secondary to PTSD.

The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder was granted, while claims for other conditions were denied.