Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypothyroidism, hypertension, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus type II, and peripheral neuropathy to obtain additional research and medical opinions regarding potential exposures.

The Board granted effective dates of September 27, 2017, for the award of service connection for lumbar degenerative disc disease with ankylosis spondylitis and cervical degenerative disc disease with ankylosis spondylitis, left hip arthritis, and renal cell carcinoma. The decision also granted a 10 percent disability rating for hypertension and a TDIU on and after December 4, 2018.

The Board dismissed the appeal for an increased rating and service connection claims as withdrawn or moot, denied service connection for polycythemia vera, and remanded claims for erectile dysfunction and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes, hypertension, prostate cancer, and urinary incontinence NOS based on presumptive service connection due to exposure to herbicide agents during the Vietnam era.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a compensable rating for service-connected hypertension, as the evidence did not support diastolic pressure predominantly 100 or more, systolic pressure predominantly 160 or more, or a history of diastolic pressure of predominantly 100 or more.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and left hip condition, but denied service connection for a right shoulder condition, hypertension, right hip condition, and skin condition with recurring callouses.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and GERD, to include as secondary to service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for further development of the evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for transient ischemic attacks (strokes) and hypertension due to a lack of sufficient supporting rationale in the VA nurse practitioner's opinions.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for high blood pressure as it was not appealed within one year of the final denial in 2016. The claims for skin cancer and essential tremors were remanded to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, but dismissed claims for right and left foot plantar fasciitis and PTSD. The GERD claim was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder with anxious distress, effective February 18, 2022, and granted a 20 percent rating for the lumbar spine disability from March 6, 2017 to June 4, 2018, and again from July 27, 2021 to May 5, 2022.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a TDIU and DEA eligibility prior to August 7, 2012, for further development.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and found that the proper effective date for the grant of service connection for lumbosacral strain is September 21, 2022.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for prostate disability, diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, kidney disability, and heart disability to correct a duty to assist error related to verifying in-service exposure to herbicide agents.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a higher rating for hypertension, while remanding the claims for diabetes mellitus type II and sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and allergic rhinitis, granted service connection for asthma with an effective date of August 5, 2021, and granted an earlier effective date of July 30, 2021, for the lumbosacral strain rating. The decision also remanded several other claims.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, diagnosed spinal stenosis, arthrodesis status lumbar fusion. The other claims were remanded for further development.

The appeal for service connection for hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and sleep disturbances was dismissed due to the untimely filing of a Notice of Disagreement.

The Board remands the appeal for a VA examination to address the nature and etiology of the Veteran's hypertension.