Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and hypertension, while remanding claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, dry cough disability, dry eye disability, and chronic hemorrhoids.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and tinnitus, as there was no credible evidence of a current diagnosis or in-service occurrence. The claim for hypertension was remanded due to an incomplete medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension as readjudication is warranted due to new and relevant evidence.

The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for hypertension, as the Veteran's blood pressure readings met the criteria for a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7101.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 10, 2022, for entitlement to presumptive service connection for hypertension due to herbicide exposure, but remanded the claim for a determination on whether service connection can be established on another basis prior to that date.

The Board granted an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD beginning March 16, 2010 and denied a motion for revision of an August 2007 rating decision on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE). The Board also granted service connection for alcoholism, major depressive disorder, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, sleep apnea, and increased ratings for PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and remanded the claims for hypertension and PTSD.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension, kidney disease, and cerebrovascular accident due to the Veteran's preexisting hypertension being permanently aggravated during active service.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, hypertension, and a gallbladder disability as there is no evidence of current disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for hypertension, right ankle sprain with ligamentous laxity, right knee scar, and coronary artery disease with hypertensive heart disease. The left knee and right knee patellofemoral syndrome issues were remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of high blood pressure as secondary to sleep apnea with asthma due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Veteran was denied a TDIU for the period from August 31, 2010, to January 1, 2015, but granted a TDIU for the period from January 1, 2015, to August 16, 2022 (exclusive of the period from September 18, 2017, to December 31, 2017), and was denied special monthly compensation based on housebound status.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claim for a left knee disability for further development of the evidence.

The appeal for an initial compensable disability rating for hypertension was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement.

The appeal as to an initial compensable rating for hypertension based on a November 2022 VA Form 10182 is dismissed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for hypertension and degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, as there was no evidence to support a higher rating.

The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for service-connected hypertension, as the Veteran's diastolic blood pressure was predominantly 100 or more without medication.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction, left foot peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, and hypertension, effective from November 2, 2022. Other claims were denied.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, secondary to PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, hypertension, and a gallbladder disability as there is no evidence of current disabilities.