Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for hypertension based on predominately elevated blood pressure readings and the need for continuous medication.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension due to multiple pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate medical opinions and missing evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's condition.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error and obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for migraines and denied it for pseudofolliculitis barbae. The other issues, including hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and effective dates, were remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected ischemic heart disease was granted a 30 percent increased disability evaluation, effective May 8, 2022. Service connection for hypothyroidism and a compensable rating for hypertension were denied.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, back pain, dizziness, headaches, and hypertension, as well as a higher rating for tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of hypertension to obtain an addendum opinion regarding its etiology, including whether it is related to military service or aggravated by a service-connected disability.

The appeal was dismissed as the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance/housebound status is moot due to a greater monetary benefit being granted.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, left foot neuropathy, and right foot neuropathy. The back condition was remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, headaches, shoulder disorders, ankle disorders, hip disorders, lumbar disorder, and lower extremity radiculopathy, to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability and remanded the claims for left knee, right knee, hypertension, and GERD disabilities.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for dental treatment purposes, other than tooth # 15, cyst in nose, diabetes, head trauma, and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and remanded the claims for hypertension and migraine headaches due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted the restoration of service connection for hypertension, as the grant was not clear and unmistakable error. The claims for diabetes, hypothyroidism, and bilateral peripheral neuropathy were remanded due to duty to assist errors.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 10 percent for hypertension, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board dismissed all claims for service connection and an increased rating due to the lack of new and relevant evidence, except for sinusitis which was not readjudicated.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, finding that the evidence is at least in relative equipoise and that it is more likely than not that the Veteran's hypertension is related to his exposure during service.

The Board denied service connection for lupus and denied increased ratings for allergic rhinitis, hypertension, and a scar on the right upper extremity. However, it granted an increased 10 percent disability rating for Gilles De La Tourette's syndrome with intermittent twitching, right side of body.

The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for hypertension, service connection for sleep apnea, a skin condition, degenerative disc disease, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, a prostate condition, and a bladder condition to ensure that all relevant evidence is considered.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection for GERD and hypertension, denied service connection for hernia and migraine headaches, denied a higher rating for GERD/IBS, denied a compensable rating for hypertension, but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to a service-connected mental health disorder.