Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board has remanded several issues including service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertension, hand cramps, diabetes mellitus, and loss of sexual desire due to the need for additional examination and review.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, finding that there is no evidence linking it to his service or a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's service connection claims for right foot pes planus, hypertension, and right and left hip disorders are granted. The claim for sleep apnea is remanded.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, migraines, and hypertension. The Veteran's left knee, left ankle, and left foot disabilities were remanded due to lack of evidence in the record. Service connection for tinnitus was also remanded as there is no clear and unmistakable evidence that it is related to service.,The Veteran's depression disorder claim had an effective date denied because he did not file a timely appeal.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension, anemia, and peripheral vascular disease of both lower extremities due to potential causal relationships with herbicide exposure. The claims are pending further development.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and remanded the remaining issues on appeal due to inadequate development in previous examinations.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to his death.

The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is granted a rating of 40 percent, hypertension and left knee and hip disabilities are granted service connection, but sleep apnea remains pending. The application to reopen the claims for left knee, hypertension, and left hip disorders was granted.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and atrial fibrillation due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their onset in service or relationship to service-connected disabilities.

The Board has denied service connection for arteriosclerosis obliterans, low circulation of lower extremities and remanded the claims for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and hypertensive vascular disease (hypertension and isolated systolic hypertension).

The Veteran's type II diabetes mellitus is presumed to have been incurred in service due to herbicide exposure. Service connection for hypertension and sleep apnea secondary to PTSD are remanded as the evidence does not support these claims.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, but the issues of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, hypertension, sinusitis, left ankle arthritis, and bilateral shoulder arthritis are being remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Veteran's appeal is dismissed because granting the appealed issues would not result in any accrued monies owed, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this appeal at this time.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted as service connected due to herbicide agent exposure in Vietnam.,The Veteran's heart condition (atrial flutter) is granted as secondary to his service-connected hypertension.

The Board has denied service connection for hypertension and has remanded the issue of service connection for peripheral vascular disease, status-post angioplasty to bilateral lower extremities for venous obstruction.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70% rating, but the claims for diabetes with peripheral neuropathy, hypertension, and COPD were denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of complete medical records and incomplete VA examination opinions. The claims are being returned for further development.

The Veteran's hypertension and headaches are found to have begun during active service, warranting service connection.,Bilateral pes planus is remanded for further examination and opinion regarding its onset and relationship to service.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's diabetes, migraine headaches, and hypertension claims should be remanded for further development. Specifically, they need to verify the Veteran’s periods of active and inactive duty training with the Texas Army National Guard, obtain his VA treatment records from February 2018 onwards, and conduct examinations to determine the etiology of his diabetes and current severity of his migraine headaches and hypertension.

The Veteran's petition to reopen his previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for hypertension was granted. Service connection for diabetes mellitus, right inguinal hernia, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) were not established based on the evidence provided.