Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Veteran's hypertension is not related to his service or any service-connected condition, and the Board finds that there is no evidence of herbicide exposure during service. As such, the claim for service connection is denied.

The Board has found that the Veteran's hypertension is etiologically related to service and granted service connection for this condition. The initial rating for post-traumatic arthritis of the right knee remains unchanged.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a VA examination by a vocational specialist to assess his ability to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities. The claim will also be referred to the Director of Compensation for consideration of an extra-schedular TDIU if he does not meet the scheduler criteria.

The Veteran's claim for a TDIU is being remanded due to the pending claims for service connection and increased rating, as well as new evidence received since the last SSOC. The AOJ will arrange for a VA examination to assess the functional effects of his service-connected disabilities on employment.

The Board finds that the Veteran's hypertension is related to his military service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including new VA examinations to assess the severity of her PTSD and etiology of her bunions, anemia, and hypertension.

The Veteran's prostate cancer, bilateral upper extremity neuropathy, and hypertension have been granted service connection on a secondary basis due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type 2.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension, and finds that new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a lung disability has been received.

The Board has ordered a remand for additional development, including obtaining an addendum opinion from the VA examiner regarding the Veteran's hypertension and knee complaints. The issues of service connection for hypertension and bilateral knee disability are being addressed.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD substantially contributed to his death from a cerebral hemorrhage, and thus grants entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing an addendum opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's hypertension.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient reasons for finding that the VA expert opinion was adequate. The Veteran's hypertension is presumed to be related to his service in Vietnam, and a medical opinion is needed to determine if it is at least as likely as not caused by Agent Orange exposure.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and arthritis, finding no evidence of a nexus to military service or herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's hypertension is rated at 10 percent, his left knee osteoarthritis at 10 percent, and his MDD from December 6, 2007 to November 15, 2011 at 50 percent. Beginning November 16, 2011, the Veteran's MDD is rated at 100 percent.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to schedule a Travel Board hearing for all issues on appeal, including those that were not perfected in August 2012.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to the Veteran's request for a videoconference hearing.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and tinnitus on a presumptive basis, as they were manifest within one year of separation from service. Service connection is denied for migraine headaches, chronic fatigue syndrome, and vertigo due to lack of current disability.

The Veteran withdrew his claims for increased ratings for hypertension and left ear hearing loss, resulting in the dismissal of these claims.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling examinations to address his psychiatric disability and hypertension.

The Board has ordered a remand due to the need for issuance of a Statement of the Case (SOC) regarding all service connection claims.