Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board remands the claim for service connection for cause of death due to a duty-to-assist error, requiring further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for higher ratings or service connection.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a heart condition, to include hypertension and cardiomyopathy, as further development is required.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes, headaches, high blood pressure, and sleep apnea due to the illegibility of new service treatment records from March 2021.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted on a secondary basis to his service-connected conditions, while the claims for right foot condition and acquired psychiatric disorder are denied.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for hypertension on a basis other than the PACT Act due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension prior to August 10, 2022, and dismissed several other claims related to various disabilities.

The Board remands the issues for additional development, including obtaining a TERA memorandum and Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER) for the appellant, as well as new VA medical opinions to address whether the appellant's hypertension, DM II, and OSA are secondary to his service-connected musculoskeletal disabilities, atrophic rhinitis, and recurrent acute sinusitis, with obesity as an intermediate step.

The Veteran was granted individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis from November 19, 2011, to March 7, 2013.

The Board denied service connection for left and right knee disorders, a higher evaluation for PTSD, earlier effective dates for hypertension and back disability, dismissed an appeal for an earlier effective date for residual gunshot wound scars, and remanded several other issues.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for hypertension and lumbosacral strain, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating than those already assigned.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and Parkinsonism due to in-service herbicide exposure.

The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions due to an error in failing to develop the claim to consider the Veteran's assertions of toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) during his active service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent and a compensable rating for hypertension, as well as service connection for thrombosis to include a right leg blood clot on a secondary basis.

The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for GERD and denied a compensable rating for chronic bronchitis. The remaining claims for service connection were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for cervical strain, left-hand disability to include numbness, right-hand disability to include numbness, left shoulder pain, right shoulder strain, and hypertension. The claim for a left ankle injury condition was denied.

The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction and remanded the claims for tinnitus and hypertension due to a lack of direct service connection evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death and entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation under 38 USC § 1151 due to inadequate medical opinions.

The appeal for a compensable rating for hypertension was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the appeal.

The veteran's requests to switch dockets and appeals for service connection were denied as untimely, with no good cause shown.