Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II (DMII), hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, bilateral diabetic retinopathy, and bilateral upper and lower diabetic peripheral neuropathy due to insufficient evidence regarding toxic exposures during military service.

The Board denied the petition to readjudicate the claim for service connection for a neck disorder and remanded claims for service connection for hypertension and GERD due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a neck disability, shoulder disabilities, hand disabilities, lower back disability, knee disabilities, psychiatric disorder, sinus headache, carpal tunnel syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, hypertension, and tinnitus, to ensure that VA has satisfied its duty to assist with regard to verifying all periods of service and obtaining medical records associated with the Veteran's service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection claims, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these matters.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal of all issues, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these appeals.

The Board remands the matter to obtain additional private treatment records and a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's service-connected PTSD caused or aggravated his death.

The Board dismissed the appeal as an impermissible election of concurrent and duplicative review.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for COPD, gout, and hypertension as well as an earlier effective date and a compensable rating for hypertension due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for GERD and HTN as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected musculoskeletal disabilities, and restored ratings for his left and right hip disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, diabetes mellitus, type II (as secondary to his service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress), and hypertension (as secondary to his service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress).

All appeals for service connection and higher disability ratings were dismissed due to untimely Notices of Disagreement.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury, hypertension, and left great toe post-traumatic residual stiffness as there was no evidence of a current disability or nexus to service.

The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for PTSD and 40 percent for lumbosacral strain, but denied service connection for hypertension.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected hypertension as there was no evidence of diastolic pressure predominantly 100 or more, systolic pressure predominantly 160 or more, or a history of diastolic pressure predominantly 100 or more that required continuous medication for control.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral restless leg syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic headaches, hypertension, and right lower extremity radiculopathy to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for pulmonary hypertension and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension, but denied service connection for lead poisoning and carbon monoxide poisoning. The Board also denied a compensable initial disability rating for hypertension and an increased initial disability rating for lumbosacral strain.

The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to new and relevant evidence being submitted after the prior denial.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus as further development is needed to determine the onset of these conditions during periods of ACDUTRA or INACDUTRA.

The Board granted service connection for conjunctivitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected dry eye syndrome, finding that there is an approximate balance of evidence regarding its etiology.

The appeal for service connection for various conditions, including right foot bone fractures, gout of the lower extremities, high blood pressure, and others, was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of all claims except his hypertension claim.