Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The veteran's hypertension, stroke, bilateral hearing loss disability, and left leg injury are all found to be related to service. The veteran is granted service connection for these conditions.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for sarcoidosis, hypertension, and psychiatric disability. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to service or any service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hypertension was not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor may it be presumed to have been incurred in active service. The claim for service connection is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's cause of death, an acute myocardial infarction with hypertension and pneumonia as contributing factors, was not related to his military service. The VA cardiologist's opinion is given more weight than Dr. McA.'s death certificate in this regard.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher ratings for his coronary artery disease and bilateral nephrolithiasis with severe right hydronephrosis and arterial hypertension, as well as his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not support an increased rating or TDIU.

The Board has determined that the veteran is entitled to special monthly pension based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his multiple disabilities, including chronic low back pain, cerebrovascular accident, seizures, high blood pressure, diverticulosis of the colon, glaucoma, cataracts, prostate cancer, arthritis, renal lithiasis, and myocardial infarcts. The decision is based on the veteran's need for regular aid and assistance due to his disabilities.

The veteran seeks service connection for hypertension as secondary to his service-connected type II diabetes mellitus. The case is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination to determine if the hypertension is aggravated by the diabetes.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bursitis of the right elbow, intraocular hypertension with headaches and blurred vision, bilateral hearing loss, a bilateral ankle disorder, and arthritis of multiple joints (excluding cervical and lumbar spine segments).

The Board has determined that the appellant's flatfeet and hypertension are not shown to have been incurred or aggravated during his period of active duty for training, nor due to an injury sustained during inactive duty for training. The claim is therefore denied.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension as secondary to the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than November 19, 2003, for a 10 percent rating for sinusitis is granted. His other claims are either denied or continue to be pending based on the evidence currently available.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by or substantially contributed to by a service-connected disability, and thus denied both service connection for the cause of death and DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PTSD, diabetes mellitus as a result of service exposure to Agent Orange, impotency due to his service-connected conditions or hypertension. The claims for these conditions are therefore denied.

The veteran's claims for service connection for cardiovascular disorder and hypertension have been granted with an effective date of June 7, 1993.

The Board denied service connection for all six secondary conditions (right hip disorder, headaches, ulcers, hypertension, cardiovascular disorder, and bilateral knee disorder) to the veteran's service-connected degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hypertension and related heart symptoms did not develop during service or within one year of separation, and cannot be presumed to have developed due to service. The evidence does not support a finding that the current condition is related to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, including as secondary to chronic pain from her service-connected spondylosis at T4-12. The claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was also denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for hypertension, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, bilateral ankle and knee conditions, and esophagitis. The veteran did not have these conditions during his military service or within the one-year presumptive period after separation. There is no medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes and hypertension were denied. The claim to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for hypertension was granted, but the new evidence did not establish that the veteran had hypertension during service or within one year after discharge. Service connection for a spinal disorder, multiple joint disorders, right shoulder disorder, and laceration over the left eye are all denied.