Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to deficiencies in a previous VA medical opinion and missing VA treatment records. The Veteran's left eye cataracts and ocular hypertension are being reviewed for service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his claims for hearing loss and hypertension, but granted them on the basis that new evidence had been submitted. It also denied the Veteran's petitions for service connection for kidney condition, skin condition, obstructive sleep apnea, PTSD, and lower extremity diabetic neuropathy with radiculopathy (associated with lumbar degenerative joint disease with IVDS L4/5). The effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD was set at September 14, 2015.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the Veteran's death, and no jurisdiction remains for adjudicating the merits of the claims.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's sinusitis disability is rated at 50 percent, but has remanded for further examination and opinion regarding sleep apnea, hypertension, and a psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions are remanded due to incomplete records and need for further medical opinions. The claim for a higher rating for tinnitus is denied as the current schedular rating is adequate.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened due to new and material evidence. Service connection has been granted for anxiety disorder, migraine headaches, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, and hypertension.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension and diabetes mellitus secondary to service-connected obstructive sleep apnea due to a need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's request to reopen the claim for service connection for hypertension was granted, and he is now entitled to service connection for this condition.,Service connection has also been established for sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD. The Veteran’s headache disability and tinnitus are not related to his active service.

The Veteran's hypertension has been rated at 0 percent, but the Board found that it does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating due to blood pressure readings never being predominantly 100 or more diastolic or 160 or more systolic.,For his diabetes mellitus, the Veteran is currently rated at 20 percent. The Board has remanded this issue as there are questions regarding whether regulation of activities requires a higher rating.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including sleep apnea, hypertension, colon polyps status post-removal, acid reflux, prostate disability, lymph node disability, and diabetes mellitus. The claims are being remanded due to a need for additional medical opinions regarding the relationship between these disabilities and service exposure at Camp Lejeune.

The Board denied service connection for lung cancer, neuropathy, hepatitis C, and an acquired psychiatric disability. The decision also remanded claims for a back disability, neck disability, colonic polyps, cellulitis of right forearm.

The Veteran's service connection claims for diabetes, hypertension, migraines/chronic headaches, eczema, and bilateral foot disorder have all been denied as no such disabilities were shown to be related to his military service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims for residuals of a right ear injury (other than congenitally enlarged mastoid bone), acquired psychiatric disability, diabetes mellitus, type II, and hypertension. However, additional development is needed to determine the etiology of these conditions.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, Type II, is granted as presumptively service-connected due to herbicide exposure. The claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertension, and peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities are remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, finding that it did not increase during active duty and was not aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, finding that the Veteran did not have a current disability related to his in-service blood pressure readings and that there was no evidence of continuous symptoms since separation from service.,The Board denied service connection for a left shoulder disability, concluding that the Veteran's private treatment records after service supported that his injury occurred post-service rather than during service.,The Board denied service connection for a thoracic spine disability, stating that the Veteran did not have a current disability related to his in-service duties and that there was no evidence of continuous symptoms since separation from service.

The Board has found sufficient evidence of an association between hypertension and exposure to Agent Orange, triggering the need for a new examination to address service connection.

The Veteran's hypertension and dermatitis, claimed as radiation on the ear, are not service-connected due to lack of evidence showing a connection to service or herbicide exposure.,Service connection for Crohn’s Disease, residuals of intestine removal, and skin cancers (basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma) is remanded for further development.

The Veteran's service connection for tinnitus was restored, and the issues of sleep apnea, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and PTSD were remanded for further development.

The Board has granted service connection for sinusitis but dismissed the claim of service connection for hypertension due to a lack of timely appeal.