Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board granted earlier effective dates of March 29, 2016, for the grants of service connection for multiple conditions including hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, scars, kidney disease, femoral artery occlusion, lacunar stroke, erectile dysfunction, cerebral vascular disease, and valvular heart disease.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and GERD, to include as secondary to a service-connected disability, due to pre-decision duty-to-assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for coronary artery disease, hypertension, and sinusitis as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of the cause of the Veteran's death to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining private medical records and a supplemental medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension as it did not have its onset in service or many years thereafter and is unrelated to service, even when considering possible toxic risk exposure activity.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied an initial compensable rating for hypertension. The claims for initial disability ratings and service connection for right upper extremity paresthesia, left upper extremity paresthesia, bilateral hearing loss, and obstructive sleep apnea were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction, sleep apnea, a right fifth finger disability, and an acquired psychiatric disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the Veteran's service-connected GERD and hypertension, but granted a 10 percent disability rating for his hypertension.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for vertigo and denied service connection for Meniere's disease, pes planus, hypertension, and sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, effective from the date of the September 2025 rating decision.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and service connection due to a pre-decisional error in failing to provide the Veteran with a VA mental disorders examination and not obtaining complete VA treatment records.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent for hypertension, as the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and sensorineural hearing loss due to untimely notice of disagreement, while remanding the claim for hypertension for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to obtain new VA medical opinions addressing whether the Veteran's obesity, caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities, is a substantial factor in causing these conditions.

The Board granted service connection for asthma but denied service connection for chronic bronchitis and stable angina. Migraine headaches, bilateral hypermetropia, hypertension, a lumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and cervical spine disability claims were withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus as there is no evidence of in-service incurrence or continuity of symptoms since service, nor any medical opinion linking the conditions to active duty.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, as currently diagnosed, related to in-service military sexual trauma (MST).

The Board granted service connection for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major cognitive disorder due to dementia, based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for coronary artery disease, bladder cancer, hypertension, and prostate cancer to correct a duty to assist error regarding the Veteran's asserted in-service exposure to herbicide agents based on the information included in the claims file.