Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, left and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and hypertension, all presumed to be due to herbicide exposure during the Veteran's service in Korea.

The Board denied service connection for meniscal tear, osteoarthritis, and chondrocalcinosis of the right knee and hypertension. The claims for TBI, chronic upset stomach, and prostate cancer were remanded.

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected hypertension, as it required continuous medication for control during the appeal period.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his presumptively service-connected hypertension materially contributed to his cardiac arrest, severe metabolic acidosis, and statis epilepticus-intractable seizures.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error in scheduling examinations.

The Veteran was granted a 100 percent rating for ascending aortic aneurysm from January 26, 2024, to July 11, 2024, and a 10 percent rating for hypertension. The appeal for TDIU and service connection for atrial fibrillation was remanded.

The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for hypertension, finding that the Veteran's diastolic blood pressure was predominantly 100 or more in the past.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and insomnia, painful right hand laceration scar, right hand laceration scar associated with underlying soft tissue damage, and hypertension.

The Board granted an effective date of September 9, 2016 for the grant of service connection for diabetes and hypertension based on presumptive exposure to herbicide agents while stationed at U-Tapao RTAFB.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a respiratory condition, hypertension, and temporomandibular disorder to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the issuance of the November 2024 rating decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, finding that there was no evidence of a causal relationship between the claimed in-service disease or injury and the current disability.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on evidence of in-service toxic activity risk exposure (TERA) and medical literature supporting a link between such exposure and hypertension.

The Board denied a compensable rating for essential hypertension as the Veteran's blood pressure did not meet the criteria for a 10 percent rating, and remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, type II diabetes mellitus (DM II), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as they are not related to the Veteran's service or a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) from June 4, 2022, to October 2, 2025, as his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The claim for service connection for hypertension was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew it during a hearing.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for failure to timely file a notice of disagreement within one year of the rating decisions.

The appeal for service connection for hypertension, pleurisy, bilateral elbows, sinusitis, and rhinitis was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.

The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome and an initial 20 percent rating for hypertension, while remanding the claim for a left wrist condition.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims for a thyroid disability, including thyroid nodular disease, and an initial compensable rating for GERD with hiatal hernia.