Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded. The Board will reconsider the Veteran's claim after assigning initial ratings to service-connected disabilities.

The Board remanded the claims for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death and entitlement to DIC. The Board needs more medical evidence to decide if the Veteran's cardiac issues are related to his military service.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of prostate cancer, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, and peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities due to exposure to ionizing radiation. The Board found that additional medical opinions are needed.

The veteran's claim for service connection of hypertension due to Agent Orange exposure was granted effective July 29, 2019.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for hypertension was granted. The Board assigned a 10 percent rating.

The veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was granted. Claims for other disabilities were denied or remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a higher rating for hypertension, stating that the evidence did not support these requests.

The veteran's request for an earlier effective date for hypertension service connection was denied. The earliest effective date under the PACT Act is August 10, 2022.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied or dismissed. The claim for TDIU was also dismissed as moot.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was denied. The claim for a higher rating for hypertension was remanded.

The Board remanded the claims for sinusitis and tension headaches due to new evidence. All other conditions were denied.

Service connection for rhinitis was granted. An increased initial rating of 70 percent for an acquired psychiatric disability from January 20, 2020 to December 14, 2022 was also granted. Claims for chronic fatigue syndrome and hypertension were dismissed.

The Board denied service connection for back pain, tinnitus, hypertension, and bilateral foot pain. It also denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

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

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a rating higher than 10 percent for hypertension because their blood pressure readings did not meet the criteria.

The veteran's claims for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy sciatica, and knee strains were granted as secondary to a service-connected lumbar spine condition. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied. Other conditions were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions, including psychiatric disabilities, TBI, sleep apnea, migraines, vertigo, hypertension, plantar fasciitis, and bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran did not provide sufficient evidence to establish a current disability or a causal relationship to service.

The Board remanded the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and hypertension due to inadequate medical evidence. The Veteran will undergo VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The veteran's claims for service connection for hypothyroidism, asthma, hypertension, diabetes, eczema, and secondary polycythemia vera were denied. The claim for parkinsonism was remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a higher rating for hypertension because the medical evidence did not show that his blood pressure readings met the criteria for a compensable rating.