Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded claims for service connection for hypertension, left carpal tunnel syndrome, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to April 1, 2017.

The Board remands the claims for service connection, effective date, rating, and TDIU due to pre-decisional errors in the VA examinations and evaluations.

The Veteran is granted a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities and basic eligibility to Dependents' Education Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Board denied the appeal, finding clear and unmistakable error in the original grant of service connection for hypertension due to a lack of qualifying service for herbicide exposure. The Board also denied entitlement to service connection for ED as it was not incurred in or due to his time in service nor due to his service connected right knee disability.

The appeal for a compensable disability rating for hypertension, left ear hearing loss, and migraine headaches was dismissed due to untimeliness.

The Board denied service connection for high cholesterol, hyperlipidemia, and pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) as there was no evidence of a current disability. The claims for hypertension, bilateral eye disability, diabetes mellitus type 1, and diabetes mellitus type 2 were remanded for further development.

The Veteran's service connection for tinnitus was granted, and a 10 percent rating was assigned for hypertension. The claims for an initial compensable disability rating for loss of teeth, and increased ratings for TMJD, shell fragment wounds, and maxillary sinusitis were denied.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension prior to April 26, 2023, and denied an increased rating in excess of 10 percent from that date. The effective date for the grant of service connection for hypertension was set at August 10, 2022, as per the PACT Act, and service connection for a neck disability was denied.

The veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board dismissed all issues related to PTSD, hypertension, migraines including migraine variants, and TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but remanded the claim for service connection for hypertension.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for hypertension, to include as secondary to service connected PTSD with major depressive disorder.

The Board denied service connection for otitis media and hypertension as there was insufficient evidence of a current disability or in-service incurrence of the conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an initial compensable rating for hypertension due to his failure to report for VA examinations without good cause.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension as secondary to bilateral knee joint osteoarthritis with degenerative arthritis based on obesity as an intermediate step due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis as there was no evidence of in-service exposure to herbicides or contaminated water, and the conditions were not shown to be related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted an earlier effective date for the right knee surgical scar to September 30, 2013, but denied earlier effective dates and higher ratings for other conditions.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for the right shoulder and 10 percent for the right knee, granted a separate 10 percent rating for instability of the right knee, and remanded several other claims including service connection for psychiatric disorders, hypertension, left knee disorder, sleep apnea, and TDIU.

The Board granted the appeal for restoration of service connection for end stage renal failure on dialysis and awarded service connection for hypertension under the PACT Act.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease to correct an error by the AOJ in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty.