Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The claims are remanded to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the relevant decisions on appeal.

The Veteran's hypertension did not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating, but he was granted an earlier effective date of October 11, 2007, for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's tinnitus and hypertension were granted service connection, while the claims for a kidney condition, heart condition, and bilateral eye condition were remanded.

The veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection and disability evaluations, as well as the TDIU claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for traumatic brain injury, an initial rating greater than 30 percent for right foot pes planus, and a higher rating for hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease, basal cell carcinoma, and scarring as secondary to basal cell carcinoma. It also granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension and atrioventricular block with implantable pacemaker, but denied higher ratings.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, finding a sufficient scientific link to the Veteran's presumed exposure to herbicides during his service in Vietnam.

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain, persistent, and adjustment disorder with mixed disturbances of mood and conduct, and service connection for sinusitis. The claims for erectile dysfunction (ED) and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of reproductive organ were remanded.

The Veteran was granted an initial 10 percent rating for sinusitis prior to September 22, 2020, and a 30 percent rating thereafter. A 20 percent rating was also granted for hypertension throughout the period on appeal.

The Board granted a 40% rating for hypertension on and after October 2, 2010, but denied earlier effective dates for service connection of hypertension, migraine headaches, CFS, and sleep apnea. IBS was granted service connection.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension and hemorrhoids, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted the request to readjudicate the claims for service connection for depression and hypertension, but denied the requests for service connection for a headache disability and sleep apnea.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for corneal abrasion of the right eye, hemorrhoids, and hypertension. A 10 percent rating was granted for scar, buttocks, residual of pilonidal cyst.

The veteran was granted a 10 percent disability rating for hypertension from August 4, 2022, but no higher. The claim for a disability rating greater than 20 percent for type II diabetes mellitus was denied.

The appeal was dismissed for lack of a justiciable case or controversy, and the Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 20 percent for degenerative arthritis with IVDS, 40 percent for radicopathy, right lower extremity, and 10 percent for hypertension. The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates were denied.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for multiple conditions, including left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, asthma, hypertension, bilateral hand disability, and Hepatitis C, to include fatty liver disease.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension and ischemic heart disease, both presumed to be due to exposure to herbicides during the Veteran's active service in Thailand.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral pes planus, a heart condition, and hypertension, secondary to the service-connected heart condition.