Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bronchitis, high blood pressure, and ringing in ears to cure pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors by scheduling a VA medical examination and obtaining an addendum opinion.

The Board denied higher initial ratings for migraine headaches, hypertension, and bilateral leg varicose veins, but remanded a claim for service connection of a mental health disorder as secondary to migraines.

The Board denied a rating more than 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea but granted an effective date of October 9, 2009, for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection due to procedural defects in their claims.

The Veteran is granted a Level 2 stipend under the VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers due to his inability to self-sustain in the community.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various service-connected conditions and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities.

The appeal for service connection and increased ratings for kidney disease, hypertension, headaches, PTSD, and degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine was dismissed due to a withdrawal by the Veteran.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, GERD, hypertension, and sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to hypertension and assigned a 20 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss from May 11, 2023, through August 9, 2024.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death to obtain a VA medical opinion regarding whether the service-connected hypertension was a contributory cause of death.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for hypertension, degenerative arthritis of the spine and IVDS, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and hypertension based on credible evidence of in-service noise exposure and onset of symptoms.

The Board restored a 10% rating for hypertension effective November 1, 2024, and dismissed the issue of proposed reduction in the rating for arteriosclerotic heart disease.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and congestive heart failure (CHF) to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension and remanded the claims for increased ratings for bilateral eye vitreous body crystalline deposits and asteroid hyalosis, as well as Type II diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, left knee arthritis, and right knee arthritis. OSA was denied, and the PTSD rating was also denied.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to the Veteran's service-connected heart and leg disabilities, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including sleep apnea, left and right hand disabilities, lumbar degenerative disc disease, left and right knee disabilities, hypertension, coronary artery disease, headache disability, vertigo, hiatal hernia/GERD, and effective date prior to June 28, 2018, for the award of service connection for other trauma and stressor-related disorder. The Board granted an initial evaluation of 50 percent, but no higher, for other trauma and stressor-related disorder and a TDIU.

The Board remands the case to obtain a VA examination addressing the severity of hypertension and whether headaches are secondary to it.