Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, hypertension, and a left eye condition to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for type II diabetes, hypertension, and bilateral hearing loss for readjudication with new evidence.

The Board denied increased ratings for degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, plantar fasciitis with degenerative joint disease in both feet, and hypertension.

The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for left ocular hypertension and remanded the claims for service connection for a lower back condition and a right shoulder condition.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, finding that the Veteran's condition was at least as likely as not incurred during his active service.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension, GERD and hiatal hernia, and tinnitus.

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for hypertension, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on blood pressure readings and testimony.

The appeal for service connection for a hand tremor, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction was dismissed due to the Veteran's concurrent election of higher-level review and an appeal to the Board.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, finding no evidence of the condition during or within one year after active duty and no credible lay statements linking it to service.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for the lumbar spine disability, service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the lumbar spine disability, but denied a compensable rating for hypertension. The issues of service connection for foot and knee disabilities were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence of a causal relationship between the conditions and the Veteran's active military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, hypertensive chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, Type II, and cardiomyopathy as they are inextricably intertwined with each other.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining adequate medical opinions on all theories of service connection.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied other claims, including increased ratings for prostate cancer status post prostatectomy with urinary frequency and incontinence, hypertension, robotic prostatectomy with surgical scars, earlier effective dates for service connection, and remanded claims for service connection of migraines and GERD.

The Board denied service connection for COPD, bilateral hearing loss, OSA, atrial fibrillation, and tinnitus. The Board also denied increased ratings for lumbar strain with lumbar spondylosis, left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy, right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy, and hypertension.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension but denied an increased rating in excess of 80 percent for diabetic nephropathy.

The Veteran's hypertension has been granted a 10 percent rating due to the need for continuous medication and a history of diastolic pressure predominantly 100 or more.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that the service-connected disabilities contributed substantially to the cause of death by coronary artery disease, hypertension, and diabetes.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for initial compensable ratings for hypertension, epigastric hernia, and epigastric hernia repair scar.

The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including diabetes mellitus, type II, coronary artery disease, and various neuropathies and disabilities, effective September 30, 2010, for accrued benefits purposes.