Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Veteran's cause of death was senile dementia of the brain with contributory hypertension. The VA examiner found that his service-connected PTSD did not contribute to his dementia, and thus denied service connection for the cause of death.

The Veteran's skin pigmentation disability is granted with a 10 percent rating. The Board has also remanded several other issues for further development and examination.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a right shoulder condition and hypertension due to insufficient evidence, including a lack of medical examination or treatment records.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for COPD, erectile dysfunction, a thyroid disability, hypertension, and high cholesterol are denied.,Service connection is not granted as the evidence does not support an in-service occurrence or relationship to service for any of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient opinions regarding whether the Veteran's hypertension and skin disability are secondary to service-connected conditions or due to herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been remanded due to failure to report for scheduled VA examinations.,VA has attempted to obtain all available records from the Denver VAMC, but no treatment records exist in the requested date range.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction, a skin disorder due to exposure to Agent Orange, and hypertension due to exposure to Agent Orange. The issues are being remanded for additional development including VA examinations.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a need for additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's hypertension.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence linking his death to any service-connected conditions or exposure to harmful chemicals.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for hypertension, polycystic kidney disease, and kidney removal due to outstanding records and need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and granted.,No effective date has been assigned as the earliest communication was on October 28, 2016.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left knee disability and hypertension due to insufficient evidence, including in-service blood pressure readings.

The Veteran's claims for service connection of back disability, arthritis, and radiculopathy were denied. The claim for high blood pressure was also denied. An effective date earlier than September 11, 2015, for the grant of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability is denied.

The Veteran's service connection for ischemic heart disease is granted. The claims for hypertension, chronic fatigue syndrome, and erectile dysfunction are remanded.

The Veteran's hypertension does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating as his blood pressure readings do not consistently indicate diastolic or systolic pressures of 100 or more, or 160 or more respectively.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied because there is no evidence of continuous symptoms since service and the Veteran's current hearing loss does not meet VA criteria for a disability.

The Veteran's hypertension has been manifested by diastolic pressure predominantly 100 or more that requires continuous medication for control. The Board finds a compensable rating of 10 percent is warranted for the appeal period.

The Veteran's hypertension was not incurred in service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The Board found that the current hypertension did not have its onset during service and is not otherwise caused by service, including herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for sleep apnea and hypertension, secondary to degenerative disc disease at L5-S1, osteoarthritis of posterior facts at L5-S1, with low back pain have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to a final decision.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for PTSD and Sleep Apnea were dismissed. The claim for reopening of her hypertension was granted, but the appeal is still pending as it has been remanded to obtain a medical opinion regarding whether her hypertension is caused or aggravated by her service-connected hyperparathyroidism.