Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The veteran's service-connected PTSD and other disabilities qualify him for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation based on housebound status.

Service connection for glucose intolerance, left leg disorder, right leg disorder, foot rash, neck disorder, peripheral artery disease, GERD, and headache disorder is denied. Service connection for groin rash is granted. Increased rating for bilateral hearing loss, surgical scars, and prostatitis is denied. Initial rating of 10% for hypertension and 20% for benign prostatic hyperplasia is granted. Effective date for 20% rating for benign prostatic hyperplasia is April 14, 2023.,The Board remanded the effective date prior to August 10, 2022 for service connection for hypertension based on a theory other than presumptive under the PACT Act. The Board also remanded claims for right knee disorder, right hip disorder, right shoulder disorder, left shoulder disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The veteran's claims for higher ratings for left ankle fracture, knee strain and tarsal tunnel syndrome, and hypertension were denied. The claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain was remanded.

The veteran's service connection claims for depressive disorder, anxiety, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), hypertension (HTN), and coronary artery disease were granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for hypertension from September 6, 2023, because the evidence did not show that his blood pressure readings met the criteria for such a rating.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of GERD, hypertension, and respiratory conditions. The Board will consider new evidence submitted within 90 days from receipt of the VA Form 10182.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was granted based on new evidence, but denied for other conditions. The effective date for CAD service connection was granted as June 22, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for throat cancer, prostate cancer, hypertension, and peripheral neuropathy of the right upper and lower extremities due to herbicide exposure.

The veteran's service connection for several nerve conditions was granted with an effective date of June 15, 2022. Service connection for hypertension was granted with an effective date of October 25, 2023. Service connection for colon polyps and diverticulitis with polyposis, gastric ulcer and hypertrophic gastritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease with hernia hiatal, stricture of esophagus, and spasm of esophagus, and pharyngeal dysphagia was denied.

The veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension is granted. The decision is effective from August 10, 2022.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection for cause of death to consider new evidence regarding coronary artery disease and hypertension as potential causes of death.

The veteran's claims for service connection for rhinitis and lumbar degenerative disc disease were granted. The claim for hypertension was denied. Claims for COPD, sinusitis, and an increased rating for left ear hearing loss were remanded.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed because the veteran requested to withdraw it.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, hypercholesterolemia / hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and right ear hearing loss was denied. The veteran's claim for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder was granted. Claims for sleep apnea, chronic fatigue syndrome, auditory processing disorder (APD), and erectile dysfunction were remanded.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for sarcoidosis was denied. The veteran was granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension and an earlier effective date of May 15, 2018, for service connection. The veteran's claim for a higher rating for chronic kidney disease was denied, but an earlier effective date of May 15, 2018, for service connection was granted. The veteran's claim for a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction (ED) was denied, but an earlier effective date of May 15, 2018, for service connection was granted. Several issues were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for hypertension, service connection for PTSD, and service connection for prostate hypertrophy. The denial for PTSD was due to lack of new and relevant evidence.

The veteran's request for a higher rating for diabetes and an initial compensable rating for hypertension was denied. Service connection for tinnitus and total disability rating based on individual unemployability were granted. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was remanded.

The veteran's service connection for hypertension, tinnitus, and benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) was granted. The other conditions were remanded.

The appeals for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right knee and hypertension were dismissed due to procedural defects.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's left knee disorder, right knee disorder, hypertension, GERD, asthma, and a compensable disability rating for conjunctivitis. The claims for degenerative arthritis of the left hip, degenerative arthritis of the right hip, a higher disability rating for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, and radiculopathy of the right lower extremity were remanded.