Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for GERD, anxiety, and hypertension. The low back pain issue was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected OSA, restored a 60 percent rating for asthma with obstructive sleep apnea, and granted a 20 percent rating for dry eye syndrome during the period on appeal from September 17, 2023, to October 11, 2024. The Board denied a higher rating for unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension as the evidence was insufficient to show that it began in active service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease, including exposure to herbicide agents.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and chronic headaches. The issues related to the bilateral knee, low back, foot, ankle, hand, wrist, fibromyalgia, TBI, and TDIU were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for pityriasis rosea, chronic headaches, and asthma/reactive airway disease, but denied service connection for hypertension.

The Veteran withdrew all appeals, including those for service connection and higher ratings for various conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him in need of regular aid and attendance, warranting special monthly compensation.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hypertension, both related to the NSAIDs prescribed for the Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for left and right lower extremity neuropathy/sciatica, sinusitis, bilateral lung condition, bronchitis with chronic cough, and denied service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction as secondary to hypertension, bilateral eye condition, and diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board granted service connection for headaches associated with the right eye disability and a rating of 20 percent for the right eye condition, while denying an increased rating for PTSD and dismissing the hypertension appeal.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and stroke residuals due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for an eye condition, an earlier effective date for hypertension, and a compensable initial rating for hypertension. The back condition was remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for cause of death due to a duty-to-assist error, requiring further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for higher ratings or service connection.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a heart condition, to include hypertension and cardiomyopathy, as further development is required.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes, headaches, high blood pressure, and sleep apnea due to the illegibility of new service treatment records from March 2021.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted on a secondary basis to his service-connected conditions, while the claims for right foot condition and acquired psychiatric disorder are denied.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for hypertension on a basis other than the PACT Act due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension prior to August 10, 2022, and dismissed several other claims related to various disabilities.

The Board remands the issues for additional development, including obtaining a TERA memorandum and Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER) for the appellant, as well as new VA medical opinions to address whether the appellant's hypertension, DM II, and OSA are secondary to his service-connected musculoskeletal disabilities, atrophic rhinitis, and recurrent acute sinusitis, with obesity as an intermediate step.