Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Board has determined that the reduction of the veteran's evaluation from 100 percent to 30 percent, effective May 1, 1995 was proper due to his renal condition not meeting the criteria for a 100 percent rating. The current schedular criteria do not meet the requirements for a higher rating.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for his service-connected hypertension is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.

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

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic renal insufficiency secondary to his liver transplant and for an increased evaluation of residuals of a liver transplant. The veteran was not granted service connection for chronic renal insufficiency, as there is no evidence of current disability related to his service-connected liver disorder. However, hypertension was found to be well-controlled and plausible in relation to his liver transplant.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder and increased evaluations for post-phlebitic syndrome of the right leg and hypertension. The veteran's current conditions are not linked to his military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection are not well grounded as there is no medical evidence of current diagnoses or a nexus between his claimed conditions and his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure as secondary to the veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss, bronchitis, heart disease, and hypertension are not well grounded. The evidence does not support a finding of current disability or a link to military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and an increased evaluation for his ventriculoseptal defect, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to service or a service-connected disability.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The RO found that new evidence did not support reopening the claim for hypertension, and that there was no basis to grant increased ratings for his low back disability or gout.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for hypertension with coronary artery disease is being remanded due to inconsistencies in the examination findings and need for additional development of the record.

The case is being returned to the RO for additional development due to new evidence received at the Board.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various service-connected disabilities, finding that his claims were not well-grounded and thus did not meet the initial burden of proof.

The Board found that the veteran's heart conditions were not present in service or for many years after service, and they were not caused by any in-service incident.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension secondary to PTSD and denied the waiver of overpayment in the amount of $86.

The Board denied increased evaluations for hypertensive cardiovascular disease with hypertension, scars of the occipital area of the scalp, and scars of the left elbow. The veteran's hypertension was rated as 10 percent prior to July 1996 and 30 percent thereafter.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claims of service connection for chronic heart disability and hypertension. The newly submitted evidence is redundant and cumulative.

The veteran's hypertension was incurred during active duty and is therefore service connected.

The Board found that the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for essential hypertension is not well grounded due to a lack of current diagnosis and no link between any existing condition and his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his hypertension, finding that the disability picture does not more nearly approximate the criteria for a 20 percent evaluation than those for a 10 percent evaluation under either the former or new VA rating criteria.