Hypertension (high blood pressure) Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including major depressive disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, degenerative joint and disc disease of the low back, left knee osteochondroma, right knee degenerative joint disease, hypertension, folliculitis, chronic maxillary sinusitis, and migraine headaches, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since May 2021. The Board has granted a TDIU based on this evidence.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for coronary artery disease and hypertension due to unclear exposure information, particularly regarding Agent Orange exposure. The VA will need to verify the Veteran's reported service in Guam and Vietnam, as well as his claimed toxic exposures during service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension to satisfy a regulatory duty under the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (PACT Act).

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertension to schedule a VA examination due to insufficient evidence in the record.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for hypertension, dental and oral, inexperienced procedures, and bilateral hearing loss have been dismissed as the claims were already pending at the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The Board has granted service connection for sinusitis and hypertension, finding that the Veteran's conditions had their onset in or are related to his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of an examination and etiology opinion regarding the Veteran's hypertension, which may be related to his service.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for hypertension is remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error related to the scheduling of his VA examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for his increased rating of 100 percent for coronary artery disease and also denied his claim for service connection for hypertension. The denial was based on lack of evidence showing a worsening in severity during the one-year period prior to April 14, 2021, when he submitted a new claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, finding that there was not a causal relationship between his current condition and his service-connected left knee disability. The evidence did not show a continuity of symptomatology from service to the diagnosis in 2012.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, finding that there is no current diagnosis of hypertension at any time during the pendency of the claim or approximate thereto.

The Veteran's IBS is granted service connection based on presumptive service connection due to Southwest Asia service. The remaining conditions are remanded for further development.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically regarding the adequacy of a February 2023 VA opinion. The Veteran's hypertension is related to in-service exposure at Fort McClellan.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection of hypertension due to a pending development. The issues of increased rating for obstructive sleep apnea with COPD and psychiatric disability (including anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder) are remanded.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's hypertension is related to his military service and grants entitlement to service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's hypertension is rated at a 10 percent disability rating, effective from the date of the decision.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable initial rating for hypertension is denied as his blood pressure readings have not met the criteria for any of the disability ratings under Diagnostic Code 7101.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a lack of information verifying exposure to herbicide agents during military service, and because the PACT Act requires VA to provide an examination and obtain a medical opinion addressing the possibility of a nexus between the claimed disabilities and the TERA.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and high blood pressure are being remanded due to pre-decisional errors in the VA examination process.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for hypertension was denied as the evidence did not show diastolic pressure readings of predominantly 100 or more, systolic blood pressure readings of predominantly 160 or more, or a history of such readings requiring continuous medication.