Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings were denied. The Board found that the preponderance of evidence was against a finding that any claimed conditions had their onset in or were related to service.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, finding that it was not incurred or aggravated in service and is not related to the service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Veteran has hypertension that is as likely as not related to his active duty service. The Board finds it at least as likely as not that the onset of the Veteran's hypertension occurred during service.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's claimed back, neck, bilateral foot, skin, BPH, and hypertension disabilities due to a lack of evidence showing their onset or etiology in service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development of her claims, including obtaining more recent VA treatment records.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a failure to verify the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange. The claims will be reconsidered with this additional development.

The Board found that the Veteran's hypertension was not incurred or aggravated during his periods of active service and is presumed to have existed prior to service. The VA examiner concluded that there was no evidence of worsening of the underlying condition, thus denying the claim for service connection.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for a Travel Board hearing and further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disorder, hypertension, and a dental disability. The decision found no direct evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Veteran's appeal involves multiple service-connected conditions, including diabetic retinopathy, peripheral vascular disease, leg radiculopathy, stomach disability, prostate disability, liver disability, and various other disabilities. The issues include reopening of a claim for diabetic retinopathy and seeking service connection for these conditions as secondary to diabetes mellitus or exposure to herbicides.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's hypertension was not incurred or aggravated during service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that a VA medical examination is necessary to determine the nature and etiology of any diagnosed hypertension, including whether it is causally related to service or any service-connected disability.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for hypertension and granted service connection on the merits, finding that there is a reasonable possibility of establishing continuity of symptomatology since service.

The Board found that an overpayment of VA benefits due to a change in the Veteran's marital status was properly created, and thus denied the appeal.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain his complete service personnel file, verify herbicide exposure in Korea, and schedule VA examinations for Parkinson's disease, skin disability, and hypertension. The claims will be readjudicated based on all theories of service connection.

The Board found that the Veteran's hypertension did not manifest to a compensable degree within one year of service separation and has not been continuous since service separation. Therefore, the claim for service connection for hypertension was denied.

The Veteran's service from June 2001 to May 2004 is considered active duty. Coronary artery disease and hypertension were demonstrated within one year following the Veteran's separation from service, thus establishing service connection for these conditions.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have PTSD due to any incident of his active duty service.,The Board also found that the Veteran does not have hypertension with headaches due to any incident of his active duty service.

The Board found no evidence of a current disability meeting the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD and concluded that there is insufficient medical evidence to support service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Veteran's hypertension was also not shown to be related to active duty service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD, hypertension, a back disorder, leiomyosarcoma, and diabetes mellitus, were denied. The Board found no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to these conditions, nor any herbicide exposure that could relate the current disabilities to service.