Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Veteran's eligibility for specially adapted housing (SAH) is granted due to the loss of use of both lower extremities resulting from service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, left foot neuropathy, right foot neuropathy, left hand neuropathy, and right hand neuropathy as they are not related to the Veteran's Gulf War environmental exposures or otherwise related to his service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension (claimed as stroke) to obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, and bilateral hearing loss due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied service connection for an immune disorder/lichen planus and remanded the claim for service connection for hypertension.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for squamous cell carcinoma, fatty liver, and hypertension as they were not considered due to a presumptive exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Board denied service connection for all the conditions claimed by the Veteran, as there was no evidence of a current disability or that any of these conditions were related to his military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral toe callus, right foot hallux valgus, and hypertension as secondary to PTSD due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and remanded claims for hypertension and gout, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran regarding his IBS claim.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the right and left knees, headaches as proximately due to PTSD, and erectile dysfunction as proximately due to PTSD. The claims for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating for PTSD and a 70 percent rating for PTSD were denied, as was the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability. Several other claims were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for right upper extremity (RUE) cervical radiculopathy and remanded the claims for hypertension, heart condition, prostate condition, and G6PD deficiency.

The Board granted service connection for atherosclerosis and bradycardia, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension, but denied service connection for hypertension on a basis other than pursuant to the PACT Act.

The Board remands the claims for additional medical opinions addressing whether the Veteran's claimed disabilities are etiologically related to his in-service TERA of exposure to commercial herbicides.

The Board remands the claims for higher ratings and earlier effective dates for kidney disability, diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, anxiety disorder, and PTSD due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected hypertension as the evidence did not show diastolic pressure predominantly 100 or more, or systolic pressure predominantly 160 or more at any time during the period on appeal.

The Board remanded the Veteran's claim for entitlement to TDIU because the AOJ failed to consider whether the Veteran's cervical spine spondylosis and bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy constitute one disability under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a), which could meet the schedular threshold for TDIU eligibility. The Board found good cause for the Veteran's failure to appear for a VA examination based on his credible account of being told by a VA representative that the examination was unnecessary.

The Board granted an effective date of August 31, 2021, for the grant of service connection for hypertension based on the Veteran's intent to file a claim and subsequent submission within one year.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the service-connected PTSD, TBI, and TDIU but denied earlier effective dates for the migraine headaches, petit mal epilepsy with vertigo, and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension under the PACT Act, denied service connection for sleep disturbances, and granted a 40 percent rating for prostatitis. The claim for a skin disability was remanded.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection of multiple conditions, including GERD, hypertension, cardiovascular condition, diabetes, bilateral hearing loss, erectile dysfunction, and chronic pain.