Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional disabilities he claims are the result of VA medical treatment, and he disputes that his disabilities were due to carelessness or negligence on the part of VA providers.

The Veteran's PTSD has been rated at the highest possible level (100%) due to total occupational and social impairment. The issues of service connection for erectile dysfunction, coronary heart disease, hypertension, a neurological disability, and peripheral vascular disease are remanded.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding his migraine headaches, hypertension, and anxiety disorder.

The Veteran's sinusitis is not shown to have manifested during service or be etiologically related to a service-connected disability.,There is no evidence of hypertension that manifested in service, within one year thereafter, or is causally related to service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to obtain medical records, determine the etiology of his disabilities, and consider his claim for a TDIU.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's right ear hearing loss had its onset during his active military service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including tension headaches and an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), have been denied due to a lack of credible supporting evidence for the claimed in-service stressors.

The Board has determined that the cause of the Veteran's death, cardiac arrest, was secondary to his service-connected left knee disarticulation. As a result, service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral eye disability, sleep apnea, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus, type II are denied as there is no evidence of a direct relationship between these conditions and his active duty service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's hypertension did not begin during his military service and is not related to any in-service events or exposures. As such, service connection for hypertension cannot be established.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's hypertension was not incurred in service, is not due to or aggravated by a service-connected disability, and is not related to herbicide exposure. As such, service connection for hypertension cannot be granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication, including consideration of whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's hypertension is rated at 20 percent, and her service connection claim for status post-operative right renal artery aneurysm is granted.

The Board found that hypertension was not incurred in or aggravated by military service, may not be presumed to have been incurred therein, and is not proximately due to or aggravated by service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the claims of service connection for right shoulder disability, prostate disability, and hypertension. The Veteran's current right shoulder disability is considered incurred in or related to his military service.

The Veteran's hypertension is rated based on the criteria for a 10 percent rating due to occasional dizziness and light-headedness, but not meeting the criteria for an increased 20 percent rating.,The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II requires prescription medication including insulin and oral hypoglycemic agents, restricted diet, and regulation of activities (avoidance of strenuous occupational and recreational activities). The disability is rated at 20 percent.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including tinea pedis, chronic kidney disease with kidney failure, peripheral vascular disease of the bilateral lower and upper extremities, and hypertension. The decision was based on the lack of evidence supporting a secondary service connection theory.

The Veteran's appeal involves claims for service connection for a bilateral knee disorder, sleep apnea (secondary to herbicide exposure), an irregular heartbeat, and hypertension. The case is being remanded due to the need for additional development including obtaining medical opinions regarding these conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (coronary artery disease, diabetes, small fiber diabetic neuropathy of the lower extremities associated with diabetes, hypertension associated with diabetes, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities associated with diabetes, and erectile dysfunction) were rated 80 percent combined and shared a common etiology. They are shown to have rendered him incapable of maintaining regular substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's claims for an initial rating higher than 50 percent for PTSD and an effective date earlier than December 7, 2008 for the grant of service connection for PTSD are being remanded due to incomplete development.