Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, stroke residuals, and memory impairment as secondary to the veteran's service-connected migraine headaches due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his service or service-connected disability.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence related to the veteran's claims.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and residuals of right leg injury as there is no evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's active service.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for malaria, hypertension, and bilateral hearing loss due to a lack of evidence supporting these conditions being incurred or aggravated during active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for loss of vision, diabetes mellitus, left leg venous insufficiency, psychiatric disorder (dysthymia and depression), hypertension, lumbosacral strain, heart disorder, and residuals of dental trauma as there was no evidence linking these conditions to his active military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a right ankle disorder, residuals of a right wrist injury, a GSW to the abdomen, peptic ulcer disease, hypertension, bilateral knee and hip arthritis, and a back disorder.

The veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, bronchitis, headaches and memory problems were denied. The claim to reopen a back disorder was also denied.

The appeal is remanded to obtain a VA medical nexus opinion regarding the etiology of hypertension, including whether it was caused or aggravated by service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Board grants service connection for coronary artery disease as it is attributable to the service-connected diabetes mellitus type II. The claim for an increased evaluation for diabetes mellitus type II is denied, as there is no evidence that regulation of activities is required.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, finding no evidence of a chronic disability during or shortly after service and noting that the veteran was not diagnosed with hypertension until 1984, over three decades after his discharge from active duty.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, schizophrenia (previously evaluated as a personality disorder), bilateral tinnitus, low back disability, left ankle disability, chronic kidney failure, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus, Type II, finding no evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation and no medical nexus to service.

The Board denied service connection for peptic ulcer disorder, anemia and hypertension as there was no evidence of these conditions during service or within the applicable presumptive period, and no competent evidence linking them to active service.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development, including obtaining private treatment records and scheduling a VA examination.

The appeal is remanded for further development of the record, including obtaining outstanding medical records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the veteran's back disorder.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and residuals of a right femoral fracture, finding no evidence of an increase in severity during active service.

The Board denied service connection for lupus with hypertension and anemia as it was not shown in service or within the initial post-separation year, and there is no evidence attributing the condition to service, including herbicide exposure.

The veteran's hypertension was denied, while his hearing loss was granted service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for secondary service connection for low back, knee, and hypertension disorders.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates were denied as the evidence did not support higher ratings or earlier effective dates.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) with complications, to include nephrotic syndrome and hypertension, as there was no current diagnosis of SLE.