Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from February 11, 2019, and denied increased ratings for prostatitis with chronic hematuria and dysuria, restrictive lung disease, migraine headaches with variants, and scar of the left upper eyelid.

The Board granted an effective date of January 12, 2023, for the grant of service connection for peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity. Other claims were denied or remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hepatitis C, high blood pressure, a liver disability, and a cardiac disability due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's service connection claim for insomnia disorder was granted, while claims for other conditions including left and right hand disorders, vision decrease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, type II, upper extremity carpal tunnel syndromes, wrist disorders were denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD), atherosclerosis, kidney disease, and peripheral vascular disease of the bilateral lower extremities to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for heart disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus II, and a skin/skin rash disorder due to the RO's failure to comply with the Board's previous directive.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee osteoarthritis, granted a separate 20 percent rating for right knee instability from September 29, 2011, and granted an initial 10 percent rating for vertigo from the same date. The Board also denied service connection for restrictive lung disease, hypertension, cardiac muscle damage, testicular and groin pain, neck disability, back disability, right hand disability, right elbow disability, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, right hip disability, and left hip disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, remanding several issues for further development.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, finding that the evidence is in equipoise.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, bilateral upper extremity neuropathy, bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, and prostate cancer due to duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial compensable disability rating for hypertension, as the evidence did not show that his blood pressure predominantly met the criteria required for a compensable rating.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the November 2023 TERA opinions are inadequate.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches and hypertension due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for hypertension and granted a 10 percent rating, while dismissing appeals for earlier effective dates for DEA and TDIU.

The Board granted an effective date of November 19, 2021, for the award of service connection for hypertension and granted ratings for various disabilities including a 10 percent rating for hypertension prior to July 5, 2023, and a 40 percent rating for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of death due to hypertension, which was found to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder and low back disability, and contributed substantially to his death.

The appeal for entitlement to accrued benefits was dismissed, and the claims for service connection were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including a thyroid condition, bilateral foot disability, tinnitus, cervical spine disability, hypertension heart condition, lumbar spine disability, and psychiatric disability, as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions were incurred in or related to active service.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from April 14, 2020, to July 9, 2023.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine, left knee osteoarthritis, and left ankle sprain, while denying service connection for hypertension. The Board also granted an initial 20% rating for bilateral dry eye syndrome but denied compensable ratings for bilateral pinguecula and a right ring finger disability.