Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The veteran's claims for service connection, increased rating for PTSD, and TDIU are being remanded to obtain additional evidence.

The veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, headaches, seizures, and hypertension are being remanded to the RO/AMC for further development.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, but denied service connection. The claims for hypertension, heart condition, diabetes mellitus, and emphysema were not reopened.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II is presumed to have been incurred in service due to exposure to herbicides. The veteran's hypertension and upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy are both granted as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, sleep apnea, skin cancer of the bilateral arms and hands, right knee disability, left knee disability, and residuals of a concussion as there was no evidence to support that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to August 2003 for the grant of service connection for PTSD is granted, based on a Notice of Disagreement filed in August 2003.

The Board finds that the evidence is in relative equipoise in showing that the veteran's hypertension had its clinical onset during his period of active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for diabetes mellitus, service connection for hypertension and depression/anxiety as not supported by the evidence.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD was granted a 50 percent evaluation, but his claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and hypertension were denied.

The veteran's claim for service connection for alcohol abuse was denied due to it being a result of his own willful misconduct, including abuse of alcohol or drugs.

The veteran's arterial hypertension and heart disease were incurred in service, as it is just as likely as not that these conditions manifested to a degree of at least 10 percent disabling during his second period of service from February 2003 to February 2004 or within one year of his discharge.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension as there was no evidence that it was incurred in or aggravated by service, and may not be presumed to have been incurred therein.

The Board remands the case to obtain additional evidence regarding the veteran's service connection for diabetes and hypertension, as well as a medical opinion on whether his in-service obesity may have caused his diabetes.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for a temporary total evaluation, TDIU, and an increased rating for right knee injury. The claim for service connection for nerve damage of the right knee was denied.

The veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for hypertension is being remanded to the RO for further development of evidence.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, to include a heart condition, as the evidence did not show that it was related to active service or manifested within one year of discharge.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and a gastrointestinal disorder as there was no evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation, and the conditions were not shown to be related to military service.

The Board remands the case to the agency of original jurisdiction for issuance of a letter which contains all of the information required by 38 U.S.C. § 5103 and its implementing regulation, 38 C.F.R. § 3.159.

The case is remanded for additional development and readjudication of the veteran's claims to reopen service connection for hypertension, right inguinal hernia, and color blindness.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for hiatal hernia and hypertension, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings.