Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

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

The Board remands the claims for further development and to provide the Veteran with notice concerning his right to a hearing on his supplemental claim.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension and bilateral heel spurs, but denied increased ratings for carpal tunnel release scars and remanded claims for increased ratings of various conditions.

The appeal for an effective date prior to August 10, 2022, for service connection for hypertension and an initial disability rating greater than 30 percent for hypothyroidism was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his request for a hearing.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal for disability ratings in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, 20 percent for GERD and duodenal ulcer, and 20 percent prior to May 26, 2015, and 40 percent from May 26, 2015, for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and effective dates due to insufficient evidence of herbicide exposure, and issues related to ratings and TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his hypertension was etiologically related to his exposure to herbicides during active service and contributed to his cause of death.

The Board granted service connection for right knee bursitis and instability, left knee bursitis and strain, and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.

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

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection of neuropathy conditions and hypertension but granted an effective date of October 12, 2022, for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error requiring further development of the Veteran's claim, including clarification of TERA exposures and obtaining an appropriate TERA examination.

The Board remands the service connection claim for hypertension due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an additional medical opinion.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable initial disability rating of 10 percent, but no higher, for hypertension is granted.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of death, finding that the Veteran's substance abuse disorder was a means to self-medicate symptoms associated with his service-connected psychiatric disabilities and contributed substantially or materially to his death.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and hypertension to correct errors in the duty to assist, specifically regarding an inadequate VA psychiatric examination.

The Board denied service connection for left knee replacement, Raynaud's syndrome, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea but granted service connection for Bell's palsy as secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, and granted service connection for hypertension.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to obtain an addendum opinion addressing direct service connection, as the AOJ failed to secure an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current hypertension is directly related to his active-duty service.

The Board granted service connection for right shoulder tendinitis, headaches, and hypertension, with a 30 percent rating assigned to the right shoulder condition effective July 28, 2021.