Hypertension (high blood pressure) decisions — 2025

The Board restored the effective date of April 1, 2021, for the award of a 10 percent rating for hypertension and granted a higher rating of 20 percent from October 16, 2021.

The Board granted restoration of a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder with inhalant use disorder and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, while dismissing the appeal for recurrent high blood pressure as untimely appealed and denying service connection for vitamin B12 deficiency and PTSD.

The Board restored the 30 percent rating for tension headaches and denied a higher rating for hypertension, while remanding service connection for melanoma in-situ.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a compensable rating for hypertension based on the evidence not showing current disabilities meeting VA criteria.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and initial rating due to a duty to assist error regarding notice of the right to a hearing.

The Board denied a compensable rating for hypertension and granted an effective date of September 28, 2018, for the grant of service connection.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his service-connected PTSD contributed substantially to his hypertension, which was the primary cause of his death.

The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for residuals of ablation of the posterior urethral valve surgery, other than urine retention, from January 4, 2005, to April 2010.

The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disorder and hypertension as there was no evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury, and a nexus between the claimed in-service disease or injury and the present disease or injury.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, diabetic peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities, and hypertension. The Board also denied an initial compensable evaluation for a right upper arm burn scar and a right hand scar, as well as a 10 percent evaluation based upon multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for a left knee disability, service connection for a neck disability, service connection for a right knee disability, and service connection for hypertension due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's hypertension, effective August 10, 2022.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss but granted effective dates, a 20 percent disability rating for prostate cancer, and a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for hypertension, a rating in excess of 10 percent for coronary artery disease, and an effective date prior to August 10, 2022, for the grant of service connection for hypertension.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for GERD with gastritis and a 10 percent rating for hypertension, while remanding the claims for service connection for a recurrent left shoulder disability and leg scar residuals.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for hypertension, cerebrovascular accident, and vascular dementia were granted, while his claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU was denied.

The Veteran's Meniere's syndrome was granted a 100 percent rating, and he was awarded special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance from July 8, 2020.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, render him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied a higher rating for high blood pressure and a compensable disability rating for a chest surgical scar. The issue of service connection for chronic kidney failure with dialysis was remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and initial compensable evaluation for hypertension, as well as service connection for rhinitis, sinusitis, and a thyroid disorder.