Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension with a heart disorder, finding that there was no in-service incurrence or aggravation of these conditions and that continuity of symptomatology could not be established. The evidence did not show treatment for hypertension during active duty or within one year post-service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a lack of information verifying the Veteran's location during his Vietnam-era service. The Veteran served in the Republic of Vietnam, but there is no evidence confirming this.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional development, including verification of in-service stressors and a VA examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal regarding the recoupment of separation pay for various disabilities, finding that VA was required to withhold this amount from his disability compensation benefits as per law.

The Board has remanded the claims for hypertension, CVA residuals, OSA, ED, and vascular dementia due to incomplete records and conflicting medical opinions regarding their onset in service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied as he does not have a current disability for VA purposes.,His hypertension claim was also denied, as his blood pressure readings did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims for service connection for lung problems, hypertension, acid reflux, and kidney cancer are remanded due to outstanding VA treatment records and need for medical opinions.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and remanded several other claims due to additional VA treatment records being associated with the case. The new evidence includes a private medical opinion diagnosing PTSD as exacerbated by complications of surgery related to CAD.

The Board has determined that the Veteran was exposed to herbicide agents in Vietnam, and thus remanded for a supplemental medical opinion regarding whether his hypertension is related to this exposure.

The Board has ordered a remand for further medical opinions regarding the Veteran's hypertension, including whether it is related to herbicide exposure and if it was caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes and anxiety.

The Veteran's appeals for initial compensable evaluations for right and left hand carpal tunnel syndrome, as well as her appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability to include simple phobia (now consolidated under major depressive disorder with PTSD and insomnia), have been dismissed. The Veteran has also been granted a TDIU.

The Board has granted service connection for gout, hypertension, left knee disorder, and bilateral hearing loss. The effective date of the grant of service connection for chronic sinusitis is denied as there was no prior claim filed before May 1, 2017.

The Veteran's tension headaches are rated at 0 percent for the entire rating period. The Board has remanded to obtain additional evidence related to left wrist disability, back disability, diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, and peripheral neuropathy of upper and lower extremities.

The appeal for hypertension is dismissed. The respiratory disorder, including COPD and asbestosis, secondary to asbestos exposure, is remanded.

The Veteran's asbestosis, which was manifested by pulmonary hypertension, is granted a rating of 100 percent prior to July 25, 2018.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective dates for service-connected hypertension, PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder, gouty arthritis of the ring and little finger on the right hand, prostate cancer (previously claimed), sleep apnea syndromes, bilateral hearing loss, and diabetes mellitus type II are all denied.,The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for gouty arthritis of the ring and little finger on the right hand is remanded. The claims for service connection for carcinoma of the prostate (previously claimed), sleep apnea syndromes, bilateral hearing loss, and diabetes mellitus type II are also remanded.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to April 20, 2017 for service-connected PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder is denied. The claims for service connection for prostate cancer (previously claimed), sleep apnea syndromes, bilateral hearing loss, and diabetes mellitus type II are also remanded.

The Board denied an effective date prior to August 21, 2007 for the grant of service connection for ischemic heart disease (IHD), status post coronary artery bypass surgery and placement of automatic implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (AICD).,An earlier effective date was not granted as there is no basis in law to do so.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for irritable bowel syndrome has been reopened and is granted. The other issues are remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Veteran's appeal for reopening his claim of service connection for left knee chondromalacia patellae was granted. The appeals for other conditions were remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for migraine headaches, but remanded the issue of service connection for hypertension due to lack of a medical opinion on its relationship to herbicide exposure.