Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for PTSD and a 40 percent rating for lumbar strain, while denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted the restoration of a 10 percent rating for hypertension and denied compensable ratings for basal cell carcinoma scars on the face, anterior trunk, and posterior trunk.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for service connection for hypertension as it was not timely filed.

The appeal seeking a compensable disability rating for chronic kidney disease was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent review election.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left and right shoulder conditions, PTSD, arteriosclerotic heart disease, hypertension, sleep apnea, and hearing loss. The Veteran was also denied increased ratings for his existing conditions.

The appeal was denied for an initial compensable rating for hypertension, and the issues of service connection for liver nodules, lung nodules, right foot disorder, and right ankle disorder were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that a disability incurred in or aggravated by active military service did not cause or contribute to the Veteran's death.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, psychiatric disorder, lumbar spine disability, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and residuals of a status post ischemic stroke due to inadequate VA opinions.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and an increased rating for frontal chronic sinusitis, while remanding claims for an increased initial rating evaluation for migraines and entitlement to service connection for hypertension.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for various conditions was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.

The Board denied service connection for left knee arthritis, right knee strain (right knee disability), and hypertension as the evidence did not support an in-service injury or event related to these conditions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an adequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the condition.

The Board granted an effective date of July 30, 2021, for the grant of service connection for hypertension and dismissed claims for earlier effective dates for other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD; hypertension; OSA; and erectile dysfunction, to include as secondary to an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, for further development.

The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with depression and acute coronary syndrome were granted a 100% rating, while hypertension and the disability rating for acute coronary syndrome status post percutaneous coronary intervention stent placement were denied.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, finding that the evidence supports a chronic disease presumptive service connection under 38 U.S.C. § 1112 and 38 C.F.R. § 3.303(b).

The Board remands the appeal to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors related to the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension.

All appeals for higher ratings, decreased ratings, and service connection claims have been dismissed as the Veteran has already appealed these issues to the Board.

The Board granted initial ratings for left upper extremity weakness, left lower extremity weakness, rectum impairment, and voiding dysfunction/urine leakage, denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).