Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and prostate cancer status post prostatectomy as additional development is needed.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of hypertension to the agency of original jurisdiction for a more adequate medical examination and opinion.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension but denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and increased ratings for a right shoulder strain, cluster headaches, and a right shoulder surgical scar. However, the Board granted an initial increased rating of 50 percent for other trauma and stress related disorder.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for hypertension, heart disease, kidney condition, diabetes, left lower extremity neuropathy, left upper extremity neuropathy, right lower extremity neuropathy, right upper extremity neuropathy, depression, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran was granted a 10 percent initial rating for hypertension and special monthly compensation at the rate authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 1114(m), (n), and (r)(1) effective from August 10, 2022, to November 7, 2024.

The Board denied service connection for gout in foot, bilateral and non-compensable ratings for bilateral hearing loss and hypertension. The issues of entitlement to service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and an initial compensable rating for left knee arthroscopic ligament repair were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, mild renal insufficiency as secondary to hypertension, residuals of right inguinal hernia repair, and a gastrointestinal disorder including GERD and peptic ulcer. The claims for colitis, neck disability, right shoulder disability, and left shoulder disability were denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II (DMII), hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, bilateral diabetic retinopathy, and bilateral upper and lower diabetic peripheral neuropathy due to insufficient evidence regarding toxic exposures during military service.

The Board denied the petition to readjudicate the claim for service connection for a neck disorder and remanded claims for service connection for hypertension and GERD due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a neck disability, shoulder disabilities, hand disabilities, lower back disability, knee disabilities, psychiatric disorder, sinus headache, carpal tunnel syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, hypertension, and tinnitus, to ensure that VA has satisfied its duty to assist with regard to verifying all periods of service and obtaining medical records associated with the Veteran's service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection claims, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these matters.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal of all issues, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these appeals.

The Board remands the matter to obtain additional private treatment records and a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's service-connected PTSD caused or aggravated his death.

The Board dismissed the appeal as an impermissible election of concurrent and duplicative review.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for COPD, gout, and hypertension as well as an earlier effective date and a compensable rating for hypertension due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for GERD and HTN as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected musculoskeletal disabilities, and restored ratings for his left and right hip disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, diabetes mellitus, type II (as secondary to his service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress), and hypertension (as secondary to his service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress).

All appeals for service connection and higher disability ratings were dismissed due to untimely Notices of Disagreement.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury, hypertension, and left great toe post-traumatic residual stiffness as there was no evidence of a current disability or nexus to service.