Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension, a heart condition, and a back condition due to unresolved issues requiring further clarification.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the veteran's hypertension because the blood pressure readings did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board denied a higher disability rating for the right ankle and service connection for right ear hearing loss and pulmonary lung disability. All other issues were remanded for further evaluation.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for hypertension and compensation for a prostate disorder under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.

The veteran's claim for a compensable rating for hemorrhoids was denied, but the claim for TDIU from December 15, 2020 to September 1, 2022 was granted.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for tinnitus was denied, but the effective date for service connection of tinnitus was granted as December 1, 2015. Service connection for hypertension was also granted.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral foot disability was readjudicated due to new evidence. Other claims, including those for left elbow, hand, shoulder, thigh, ankle, right elbow disabilities, cataracts, hypertension, diabetes, GERD, and chronic kidney disease were denied. The claim for a right knee disability was remanded.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection of bilateral knee disability, stomach condition, pulmonary condition, hypertension, and sinus condition due to lack of a valid underlying decision.

Service connection for glaucoma is granted. The issue of service connection for hypertension is remanded for further evaluation.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) because the service-connected disabilities, either alone or in combination, did not render him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment.

The appeal for service connection of hypertension is remanded. The VA needs to obtain more records and conduct a new examination.

The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted. The Board found that the Veteran is unable to obtain or maintain gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's request for a higher rate of special monthly compensation (SMC) was denied because the evidence did not show loss of use of either hand or foot.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for erectile dysfunction and surgical scar was denied. A 10% rating was granted for right hip thigh impairment with degenerative arthritis. Claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hemorrhoids, and left knee disability were remanded.

The Board denied initial ratings greater than 70 percent for unspecified stressor and trauma disorder and persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress, greater than 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II, associated with herbicide exposure, greater than 20 percent for right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy as a residual of stroke, greater than 10 percent for residuals of stroke other than right lower extremity radiculopathy, and greater than 10 percent rating for hypertension. However, the Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety, arteriosclerotic heart disease with congestive heart failure and implanted cardiac pacemaker, and hypertension as further development is necessary to obtain adequate medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for a psychiatric disability, bilateral foot pain, heart condition, and hypertension.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for hypertension as the evidence did not show that his blood pressure met the criteria for a 10 percent rating.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and denied the claims for sinusitis, an increased rating for hypertension, SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ, and other issues. The remaining issues are remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for service-connected hypertension, as there was no evidence that his diastolic pressure was predominantly 100 or more or that he had systolic pressures of 160 or more.