Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the cause of death and a need for additional records from the Veteran's care providers.

The Veteran's cause of death, listed as cardiopulmonary arrest due to pulmonary cancer metastatic, was not related to his active service. The lung cancer is considered the primary cause of death along with other conditions such as cardiac arrhythmia, high blood pressure, and type II diabetes.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss has been granted.,Claims for service connection for respiratory condition, ear, nose and throat disability, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus type 2 have been remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to new evidence received since his last VA examination, and because some issues have not been addressed in detail.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for hypertension prior to November 13, 2009 was denied due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the November 2009 rating decision. The appeal is now remanded for further evaluation.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a link between any of these conditions and active duty service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic allergic rhinitis, finding that there was no evidence showing a link between these conditions and his military service or service-connected disabilities.

The Board has found that VA did not substantially comply with the June 2017 remand instructions due to the Veteran's missed VA examination appointments. The case is being remanded for a new VA medical examination to determine if the Veteran’s hypertension is etiologically related to his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection of hypertension has been granted. The Board has also remanded the issues of sleep apnea, hypertension, liver disease, and colon disability for further development.

The Board has determined that additional medical opinions are needed to determine the cause of the Veteran's death and whether his conditions, including hypertension and prostate cancer, were related to his service, particularly his exposure to herbicide agents.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a need for a new VA medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's hypertension is related to his presumed exposure to herbicide agents in service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and renal artery stenosis due to lack of opinion regarding whether these conditions are proximately due to or the result of his service-connected coronary artery disease (CAD) and/or due to herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his education and work history, which includes manual labor experience.

The Board denied service connection for kidney failure, hypertension secondary to diabetes mellitus, and evaluations of major depression, prostate cancer, and diabetes mellitus type II. The Veteran's claims were remanded for further evaluation on other issues.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension has been reopened, and the Board finds new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the claim. The right elbow fracture disability rating is remanded.

The Board has decided to remand several claims for further development due to incomplete service treatment records and untranslated Spanish documents. The Veteran's lumbar spine, cervical spine, left ankle, bilateral hearing loss, acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety and depressive disorders), right knee meniscal tear, and hypertension claims are being returned for additional examination and review.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, dyslipidemia, low back disorder, DJD of the hips, knees, ankles, and feet, skeletal body pain, diabetes mellitus type II (DM II), diabetic neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and hypertension were all denied as they are not related to his military service.

The Board has dismissed the appeal of the issue regarding an increased rating for diabetes mellitus, type II. The issues of initial compensable ratings for hypertension and depressive disorder not otherwise specified are remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and VA treatment records.

The Veteran's service connection claims for coronary artery disease, chest scar from coronary artery bypass graft, diabetes mellitus, type II, end-stage renal failure, hypertension, and neuropathy have all been denied.,Service connection was not granted for the Veteran’s chest scar as secondary to his service-connected coronary artery disease.