Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for the cause of death due to end stage renal disease and hypertension, which were attributed to in-service herbicide exposure.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, and remanded the other issues for further development.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 6, 2019, for the grant of service connection for hypertension based on a direct service connection theory and exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension, finding that the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and his military service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the theories of direct and secondary service connection.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, type II (DM), residuals of a stroke, and atherosclerotic heart disease, arteriosclerotic heart disease (coronary artery disease (CAD)), heart block, and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) based on the evidence showing that these conditions are related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the case to obtain complete treatment records from the Birmingham VA for the period prior to October 2001.

The Veteran's appeal regarding service connection for hypertension was dismissed because there is no eligible rating decision issued in the year prior to the receipt of the June 2023 VA Form 10182 that adjudicated a claim for hypertension.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was granted under the PACT Act, while his claims for skin cancer and gout were withdrawn or remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and hypertension for further development.

The Board denied service connection for asthma, hypertension, and vertigo. The claims for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy were also denied as not secondary to a service-connected disability. Some claims for various musculoskeletal conditions of the cervical spine, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles, feet, and fibromyalgia are remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for respiratory, heart, and pulmonary hypertension disabilities to correct duty to assist errors.

The appeal was dismissed as the proposed severance and reduction of evaluations were not final decisions.

The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for hypertension and remanded the claims for service connection for emphysema and an esophageal condition due to a pre-decisional error in not providing required examinations under the PACT Act.

The appeal for service connection for allergic rhinitis and hypertension has been withdrawn by the appellant.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction and hypertension, as well as earlier effective dates for both conditions.

The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, chronic renal disease, and hypertension due to presumed exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. Service connection was also granted for depression related to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus. The claims for service connection for lymphedema, a back condition, gout, a right toe condition, a left ankle condition, diabetes mellitus, bilateral leg clots, bilateral lower extremity neurological conditions, and erectile dysfunction were denied or remanded.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and hypertension were presumptively related to in-service exposure to herbicide agents due to his service in Vietnam.

The Board granted service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic diarrhea, and hypertension. Service connection was denied for an acquired psychiatric disorder and various musculoskeletal disorders.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease and hypertension, finding that these conditions are causally related to the Veteran's active service.