Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board denied increased ratings for several service-connected conditions, granted a 50% rating for unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder, and granted an effective date of October 11, 2021, for the award of total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).

The Board granted service connection for hypertension and prostate cancer, both related to in-service herbicide agent exposure at Fort Chaffe.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between any of them and the Veteran's active service.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for increased ratings of various service-connected conditions, resulting in the dismissal of all appeals.

The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, a blood disorder, and a compensable disability rating for hypertension is dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with major depressive disorder and obstructive sleep apnea, but denied service connection for high blood pressure. An initial rating of 30 percent was granted for migraine headaches.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a seizure condition and hypertension, to include as secondary to a seizure condition, due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as his primary and contributory causes of death were not related to service on any basis.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of death due to end stage renal disease and hypertension, which were attributed to in-service herbicide exposure.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, and remanded the other issues for further development.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 6, 2019, for the grant of service connection for hypertension based on a direct service connection theory and exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension, finding that the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and his military service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the theories of direct and secondary service connection.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, type II (DM), residuals of a stroke, and atherosclerotic heart disease, arteriosclerotic heart disease (coronary artery disease (CAD)), heart block, and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) based on the evidence showing that these conditions are related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the case to obtain complete treatment records from the Birmingham VA for the period prior to October 2001.

The Veteran's appeal regarding service connection for hypertension was dismissed because there is no eligible rating decision issued in the year prior to the receipt of the June 2023 VA Form 10182 that adjudicated a claim for hypertension.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was granted under the PACT Act, while his claims for skin cancer and gout were withdrawn or remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and hypertension for further development.

The Board denied service connection for asthma, hypertension, and vertigo. The claims for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy were also denied as not secondary to a service-connected disability. Some claims for various musculoskeletal conditions of the cervical spine, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles, feet, and fibromyalgia are remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for respiratory, heart, and pulmonary hypertension disabilities to correct duty to assist errors.