Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to errors in duty to assist, and requires additional opinions on whether hypertension is related to service or caused by a service-connected condition.

The Board has restored service connection for hypertension, prostate cancer with urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and obstructive sleep apnea as the November 2025 AOJ decision was void ab initio due to failure to comply with proper procedural steps.

Your appeals for service connection have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The Board cannot issue a decision on these claims as they are no longer pending.

The Veteran's service-connected hypertension, cerebrovascular accident, and coronary artery disease are found to be causally linked to his ME/CFS. Service connection for ME/CFS is granted.

The Veteran withdrew her appeals concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for various conditions and ratings. The appeals are dismissed.

The Veteran's claims for diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and heart failure have been granted on a presumptive basis due to exposure to herbicide agents during service. The claim for glaucoma has been denied as not related to service-connected conditions or in-service herbicide agent exposure.,Service connection for heart failure is granted secondary to service-connected coronary artery disease.

The Veteran's request for an extension of time to file a Board Appeal request was denied, and the attempted appeal is dismissed because the appeal was not timely filed.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and erectile dysfunction have been denied. The Board found no evidence of herbicide exposure or other conditions related to the Veteran's military service.

The Veteran's kidney cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, and pseudofolliculitis barbae are remanded for further development to obtain VA treatment records from his primary care physician, Dr. J.B., his kidney provider, Dr. A.P., and his kidney cancer provider, Dr. Q.

The Board has denied service connection for allergic rhinitis, hypertension, tinea pedis, bilateral pes planus, and bilateral hallux valgus. The Veteran's claims for PTSD and bilateral sciatica are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation throughout the appeal period, and therefore, his claim for TDIU is denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to August 10, 2022 for the award of a 10 percent evaluation for hypertension. The grant of service connection under the PACT Act with an effective date of August 10, 2022 is not subject to retroactive awards.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for HTN and right ear hearing loss were granted. A separate 10% rating was granted for painful limitation of flexion in the bilateral knees, while a denial was issued for an increased rating for central serous choretinopathy and for a rating in excess of 10% for bilateral lateral instability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension is being remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. A VA examination is needed to address whether his hypertension is related to service, participation in TERA, or another service-connected disability.

The Board has denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims of PTSD and depression due to procedural errors in obtaining VA examinations.

Your appeals for service connection for tinnitus and hypertension have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The appeal will not be resumed unless a request for substitution is made within one year of the Veteran's death.

The Board has found that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to warrant readjudication of the claims for service connection. The underlying merits of the claims must be addressed by the AOJ in the first instance, including any additional development that may be warranted.

The Veteran's hypertension and diabetes mellitus, type II, are granted as service connection is established due to exposure to herbicide agents in the DMZ during his active duty.

The Board has determined that the VA did not provide a proper examination for the appellant's service-connected psychiatric disability, which is the primary reason for his inability to maintain substantially gainful employment. The case is being remanded to address this issue.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including psychiatric disability and various scars, have resulted in unemployability. The Board has granted a TDIU based on the combined rating of 80 percent.