Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, hypertension, and heart disability based on the evidence of record.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and stroke residuals due to a need for an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's hypertension, which is inextricably intertwined with the claim for stroke residuals.

The Board dismissed all appeals for service connection of various conditions, including insomnia, asthma, migraines, sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, bilateral hearing loss disability, pseudofolliculitis barbae, clavicle and shoulder disabilities, arm and leg radiculopathies, hip and knee disabilities, ankle disabilities, shin splints, and plantar fasciitis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection of various conditions due to a pre-decisional error in not obtaining medical opinions and VA treatment records.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for hypertension and right ear hearing loss, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these issues.

The Board grants earlier effective dates for service connection of hypertension, Guillian-Barre Syndrome, and paralysis of the anterior crural nerve associated with herbicide exposure.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension and remanded the claims for service connection for lumbar spine disorder and cervical spine disorder.

The appeal was dismissed for failure to timely file a Notice of Disagreement within one year after the respective rating decisions were issued.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection and a compensable rating, dismissing all issues.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and denied the claims for service connection for chronic epididymo-orchitis, an increased rating for bilateral pes planus, an initial increased rating for right upper extremity radiculopathy, an increased rating for cervical spine degenerative arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome, and an increased rating for hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension on a secondary basis to obstructive sleep apnea and set the effective date as April 8, 2020.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a compensable rating for hypertension, service connection for diabetes mellitus, and service connection for tinnitus due to missing evidence and potential exposure errors.

The appeal for service connection for sinusitis, allergies, and vertigo was dismissed. The appeals for service connection for a psychiatric disability (anxiety), hypertension, heart disease, kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus were denied.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, major depression, high blood pressure, and a major head injury as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, including knee pain, back pain, and anxiety disorder.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension effective October 10, 2018, and denied higher ratings or earlier effective dates for the other conditions.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of April 6, 2020 for the award of service connection for hypertension and coronary artery disease with congestive, systolic, diastolic heart failure.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and hypertension, finding that both conditions were proximately related to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizoaffective disorder, depressive type, and secondary conditions of GERD and hypertension. The claims for major depression and anxiety as separate conditions from the now service-connected schizoaffective disorder, depressive type, were denied.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's knee and hip disabilities, granted a 20% rating for right knee semilunar cartilage condition and left knee semilunar cartilage condition, and denied service connection for hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus.