Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection and increased evaluation claims due to his withdrawal of those appeals during a hearing before the Board.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development, including obtaining an addendum opinion regarding the Veteran's hypertension and a VA examination to assess the severity of his right knee degenerative joint disease.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal of the claim for service connection for hypertension during a hearing before the Board.

The Veteran's claims for service connection of right-hand disability, left-hand disability, heart disability, and hypertension were denied. The claim for service connection of depressive disorder with anxiety was granted.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for residuals, left shoulder injury, hypertension, and skin rash have been remanded due to the need for additional examinations and evidence.

The Board denied service connection for a left ankle disability due to the absence of evidence of current disability and insufficient medical opinion. Service connection was also denied for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, and cardiac disability (including an aortic aneurysm) due to lack of in-service event, illness, or injury.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for accrued benefits, VA death pension benefits, and DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 due to withdrawal of claims by the appellant. The appeal for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is remanded for further development.

The Veteran's hypertension has not been manifested by diastolic pressure of predominantly 100 or more or systolic blood pressure predominantly 160 or more and the medical evidence shows that it has otherwise been controlled with medication.,There is no competent medical evidence to show that the Veteran’s headaches were caused by active service. The Board does not discern a direct causal relationship between her headaches and active service.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and incomplete rationale for the rating of hypertension. The Veteran's service-connected peripheral vascular disease and hypertension are not at issue.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied. The Board found that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim of a bilateral shoulder disability, and that there is no nexus between his heart disabilities, hypertension, kidney disabilities (nephrolithiasis and chronic renal disease), or dyslexia and his active military service or service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's hypertension is denied as not being caused by his service-connected PTSD. A 50 percent rating for PTSD is granted, effective October 21, 2004.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus and hypertension are inextricably intertwined, necessitating remand for further examination and opinion regarding the etiology of his diabetes mellitus. The TDIU claim is also being remanded due to its connection with the service connection issue.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was granted in a June 2018 rating decision, making the appeal moot.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a respiratory disorder, an inguinal hernia, sleep apnea, and hypertension (claimed secondary to PTSD) due to insufficient evidence or examination findings.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for heat intolerance, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and left ear hearing loss. The decision also noted that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.

The Board has granted service connection for a headache disability secondary to service-connected PTSD, but denied all other service connection claims. The effective date of the grant is January 16, 2013.

Service connection for hearing loss has been reconsidered and reopened.,Service connection for hypertension was denied.,Service connection for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis is granted with an effective date of August 20, 2003.,Service connection for tinnitus is granted but the effective date is earlier than November 6, 2014.

Service connection is granted for hypertension. The Veteran developed hypertension in service and there is no evidence of pre-existing condition.,Service connection is denied for bilateral hearing loss as the Veteran does not meet the criteria for a disability based on current audiometric findings.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy are related to his service-connected thyroid condition. The claims are being remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric disabilities. The claims for bilateral wrist disability, breathing disability (including allergic rhinitis and sinusitis), vision loss disability, cervical spine disability, dizziness, sleep disability, degenerative arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, lower extremities, elbow disability, scoliosis, and traumatic brain injury are remanded for further development.