Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension cannot be reopened due to lack of new and material evidence. The claims for increased evaluations for residuals of a left shoulder injury (minor) and hemorrhoids have also been denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, depression, varicose veins, and bilateral inguinal hernias due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and loss of skin pigmentation, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for arteriosclerotic heart disease and hypertension, finding that there was no evidence of these conditions during active duty or ACDUTRA. The Board also found that presumptive service connection is not applicable.

The Board denied the veteran's requests to reopen his claims for service connection for hypertension and bilateral pes planus with calluses, finding that the additional evidence submitted was not new and material.

The Board found that the veteran's respiratory disorder, hypertension, psychiatric disability, pernicious anemia, and impaired circulation of the lower extremities were not present in service or for several years later, and they are not related to a service-connected disability or to an incident of service, including exposure to ionizing radiation.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for asbestosis, hypertension, and bilateral hearing loss due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board found that the veteran's arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus were not caused or worsened by his service-connected familial Mediterranean fever.

The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disorder, cervical spine disorder, and lumbar spine disorder. Service connection was denied for a heart disorder.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence linking his service-connected disabilities to his fatal conditions.

The Board found that the veteran's bilateral pes planus did not clearly and unmistakably preexist service, nor was it aggravated by service. The veteran is also denied special monthly pension based on need for aid and attendance due to his disabilities.

The Board has determined that the veteran's death was caused by a disability of service origin, specifically hypertension which had its onset during service and led to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed disabilities are not service-connected due to a lack of credible evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board dismissed the appeals due to the appellant not filing an adequate substantive appeal within the required time frame.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals concerning service connection for tinnitus, residuals of arthroplasty of the right and left fifth toes, hypertension, a scar of the abdomen, as his response to the statement of the case did not allege any error in fact or law.

The veteran's claims for higher evaluations of his service-connected disabilities were denied due to failure to report for scheduled VA examinations. The Board found that the veteran had not provided good cause for missing these exams.

The veteran withdrew his appeal, so the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of the claims for service connection and higher evaluations.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hypertension was incurred during active military service and grants entitlement to service connection for this condition.

The Board found that the veteran's hypertension existed prior to service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it was determined that the condition was not incurred or aggravated by military service.

The Board determined that the RO had legal justification for severing the prior grant of service connection for the veteran's pituitary adenoma, hypertension, obesity, and multiple arthralgias secondary to his already service-connected Boeke's sarcoidosis.