Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The veteran's appeal for payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred at a private hospital is denied because he does not have any adjudicated service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a Travel Board hearing at the New York, New York, Regional Office. The issues of increased ratings for duodenal ulcer and hypertension are pending.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including hypertension and a heart condition, bilateral hearing loss, left hand condition, disability manifested by knots on the arms, left inguinal hernia, and dental condition.

The Board has determined that the appellant's claims of service connection for high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease have been denied as there is no competent evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the final April 1978 rating decision.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hemorrhoids, prostate cancer, and hypertension due to a lack of medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that cardiovascular disorder did not have its onset during active service or within one year of discharge and was not caused by a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of her husband's death and for special monthly pension based on need for regular aid and attendance or by reason of being housebound. The underlying disease process that led to her husband's death was not related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding no evidence linking his death to his period of service.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension, attributing it to the veteran's service based on medical opinions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for bronchitis and cardiovascular disease claimed as hypertension and cardiomyopathy with congestive heart failure, finding no competent evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The veteran's nonservice-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, concluding that there is no current diagnosis of hypertension in the record and that any previous diagnoses were misdiagnosed.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 30 percent disabling from May 24, 1996 to October 14, 1997. The effective date for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is granted but not specified.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are not related to his military service and have denied all of his claims for service connection.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including as secondary to herbicide exposure (Agent Orange), were denied. The Board found no evidence of current disability or a link between the claimed conditions and Agent Orange exposure.

The Board found that the cause of death, probable pulmonary embolism, was not service-connected.,Eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under Chapter 35 was denied.

The veteran's service-connected hypertension is currently rated at 10 percent, but the Board found that it does not meet the criteria for a higher rating as there was no evidence of diastolic pressure predominantly 110 or more or systolic pressure predominantly 200 or more.

The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's current conditions, including hypertension, hepatitis, and irritable bowel syndrome, to his service or any in-service occurrences. The Board concluded that these conditions are not related to his Persian Gulf Service.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed low back disability, foot fungus, rhinitis, sinusitis, headache disorder (claimed as secondary to service-connected ear disabilities), labyrinthitis (secondary to service-connected ear disabilities), fatigue due to an undiagnosed illness, and hypertension. The veteran's anxiety neurosis and PTSD were granted a 50 percent evaluation.