Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for service connection and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding his hypertension, heart condition, and PTSD. The TDIU claim is also being returned for issuance of a supplemental statement of the case.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for nephrolithiasis, urinary incontinence, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus as they are not proximately related to his service-connected pyelonephritis.

The Board found no evidence of a diagnosis of hypertension during service and concluded that the Veteran's current diagnosis is not related to his military service. Therefore, the claim for service connection for hypertension was denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension and diabetes to obtain a new examination and opinion, as well as consider additional medical records submitted by the Veteran.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to inadequate opinions regarding the etiology of his lipoma, hypertension, and peripheral neuropathy. The case will be returned for further development.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's digestive disorder and hypertension are not due to or aggravated by his active service. The VA examiners found insufficient evidence to support a connection between these conditions and his military service.

The Board has determined that a chronic lung disability, currently diagnosed as COPD, was not incurred in or aggravated by active duty service. The Veteran's claim for service connection is denied.

The Board denied service connection for a respiratory disorder, a neurological disability of the right lower extremity, and hypertension. The Veteran's respiratory disorder was not found to be related to his active duty service or herbicide exposure. His hypertension was also not found to be related to his active duty service.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for sleep apnea, which he contends is related to conditions like allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma, dysthymic disorder, hypertension and degenerative arthritis of the spine. The Board has decided that further development is needed before a decision can be made.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's hypertension and left knee disability are service-connected, with no specific rating assigned.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need to obtain additional medical records and provide opinions regarding the relationship between his conditions and active service, including herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of a cardiovascular disorder, including as secondary to service-connected disabilities and/or herbicide exposure is remanded. Additionally, the Veteran's application to reopen his previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a skin disorder, including as secondary to herbicide exposure is also remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea, arterial fibrillation, and hypertension are remanded due to the need for additional development including VA examinations.

The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 20 percent for arthritis of the lumbar spine was withdrawn.,Effective March 2, 2016, VA granted service connection for cardiac arrhythmia and hypertension. The Veteran is not entitled to an effective date prior to this date.,VA also granted service connection for cardiac arrhythmia and hypertension on March 2, 2016. However, the Veteran does not meet the criteria for an earlier effective date.,The Veteran's initial rating of 30 percent for cardiac arrhythmia is maintained as his workload was greater than 3 METs but not greater than 5 METs resulting in fatigue.,VA denied a higher initial rating for hypertension, as the Veteran's blood pressure readings did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disability in December 1958. The Veteran's claims have been reopened, but the service connection is not granted for any of the conditions listed.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, migraine headaches, tinnitus, chest pain, hypertension, and supraventricular arrhythmia, have precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a TDIU. Regarding the claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent for migraine headaches on an extraschedular basis, the Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not present such an exceptional or unusual disability picture that the available schedular evaluations are inadequate.

The Board has remanded the case for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's hypertension is related to his military service or any service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus, PTSD, bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus type II and polyneuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, preclude him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment. The Board finds that he is entitled to TDIU.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for hypertension, including as due to herbicide exposure and secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, is being remanded for additional development of VA treatment records prior to January 2011.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus, heart disability, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction are not related to his active service. The claims for these conditions have been denied.