BVA Decisions on Hypertension

85 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving hypertension — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.

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• CAVCCase 24-1022 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2025-06-30
  The Board noted that neither the veteran nor his representative alleged any error with VA's duty to assist or a lack of substantial compliance with the September 2022 Board remand ...
• CAVCCase 23-2226 — Remanded 2024-07-31
  The appellant ,through counsel,appeals a March 3,2023, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied entitlement to service connection for (1)obstructive slee...
• CAVCCase 14-3126 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2014-09-04
  As an initial matter,the Board found that VA had satisfied its duty to assist because VA had conducted all development necessary to substantiate the claims....
• CAVCCase 12-1845 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded 2012-05-21
  For the reasons that follow,the Court will reverse the Board's finding that the veteran did not submit new and material evidence sufficient to reopen his 1 The Board referred to a ...
• CAVCCase 14-0138 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-12-27
  In the December 27,2013,decision on appeal,the Board denied disability compensation for migraine headaches,a central nervous system disability manifested by dizziness,bilateral hea...
• CAVCCase 13-0540 — Vacated / Remanded 2015-02-09
  On appeal,the appellant contends that the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for rejecting his testimony concerning the continuity of his symptoms af...
• CAVCCase 17-3598 — Vacated / Remanded 2017-06-13
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a June 13,2017,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for an inguinal hernia and back disab...
• CAVCCase 08-0816 — Remanded / Vacated 1953-07-25
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a May 7, 2008,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection for bila...
• CAVCCase 10-1922 — Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed 2010-05-26
  Because the Secretary concedes,and the Court agrees, that the Board provided inadequate reasons or bases for its determination that new and material evidence had not been received,...
• CAVCCase 22-2306 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-12-29
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a December 29,2021,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for (1)asthma,manifested by shortn...
• CAVCCase 22-7547 — Affirmed 2022-11-29
  There must be a nexus of auditory damage to relate current hearing loss to military noise and not another etiology....
• CAVCCase 17-3373 — Affirmed 2017-07-21
  The Board found that service connection was not warranted because the appellant did not exhibit a bilateral hearing loss disability for VA purposes....
• CAVCCase 23-5851 — Remanded / Vacated 2024-11-27
  The accompanying medical opinions concluded that the veteran's left and right foot conditions were less likely than not related to service because there was [n]o chronic evaluation...
• CAVCCase 23-0092 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-11-17
  The Board found that the April 2015 VA medical opinion address[ing]whether the [v]eteran's current endocrine conditions and hypertension were related to his service-connected diabe...
• CAVCCase 13-580 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-01-10
  5103A(a), whether the Secretary's duty to assist required VA to obtain a medical opinion (R....
• CAVCCase 23-527 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-07-31
  A separate medical opinion completed by the same psychologist provided a negative nexus and stated that the [e]xaminer sees no evidence of [m]emory [l]oss....
• CAVCCase 18-5936 — Remanded / Vacated 2018-07-02
  l the negative clinical opinions of record that found that appellant's right shoulder disability is not service connected....
• CAVCCase 07-1008 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2007-03-09
  The appellant,through counsel,appeals a March 9, 2007,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection for a ba...
• CAVCCase 23-2629 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-05-20
  The examiner determined that the appellant's condition was less likely than not related to service and provided the following rationale: No chronic diagnosis is made for thyroidism...
• CAVCCase 02-1077 — Vacated 2005-04-14
  In an addendum, the VA physician opined: This veteran's CAD is more likely than not related to both his long[]standing smoking and his [hypertension (HPT)]....
• CAVCCase 18-4475 — Denied / Dismissed / Remanded 2017-12-20
  The appellant appeals,pro se,a December 20,2017,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that denied revision of an April 19,2013,Board decision based on clear and unmistakable er...
• CAVCCase 90-0818 — Unknown 1995-04-12
  In a July 1988 decision, the RO determined that the veteran had not submitted new and material evidence to reopen his claim because no medical records had shown a right-leg injury ...
• CAVCCase 24-0597 — Reversed 2025-04-29
  In a July 2010 Statement of the Case (SOC),the AOJ again declined to reopen claims for service connection for a bilateral knee condition and back condition,finding no new and mater...
• CAVCCase 18-4445 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2018-04-20
  First,we are asked to decide whether the Board failed to discuss medical evidence showing that PVD of the left lower extremity had first manifested in January 2006 warranting an ea...
• CAVCCase 24-4734 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-05-09
  August 2018 Board Denial In August 2018,the Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and a headache disorder....
• CAVCCase 19-5987 — Affirmed 2019-05-13
  The appellant ,through counsel appeals a May 13, 2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen previousl...
• CAVCCase 15-2247 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2015-05-14
  The appellant ,appeals through counsel a May 14, 2015,decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)that,among other things, denied service connection for a back disability aft...
• CAVCCase 91-1082 — Vacated 1980-10-12
  The Board concluded that there was no evidence of MS in service or within the seven-year period for establishing service connection for MS on a presumptive basis (see 38 U....
• CAVCCase 22-491 — Unknown 2021-09-28
  3 Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases supporting its findings denying service connection for both a psychiatric disability and OSA, and be...
• CAVCCase 09-2059 — Affirmed / Vacated / Reversed 2009-05-13
  The Board found that the appellant's current kidney condition was not present in service or within one year of discharge and was not related to service....
• CAVCCase 17-3439 — Affirmed / Reversed / Remanded 2019-08-09
  155 (2017): 2 (1)entitlement to a total disability rating based on 1 There is no dispute between the parties that, when the Board determined that no further action is necessary,....
• CAVCCase 12-2187 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2012-03-21
  The appellant's current hearing loss was less likely as not related to or caused by in-service noise exposure....
• CAVCCase 10-2287 — Affirmed 2010-03-16
  The appellant ,appeals through counsel that part of the March 16,2010,decision of the Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)that determined that new and material evidence had not been p...
• CAVCCase 19-8155 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-08-13
  In his informal brief, the appellant does not challenge the Board's denial of an earlier effective date for the award of benefits of bilateral instability of the knees,or the Board...
• CAVCCase 22-0257 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2021-11-26
  On November 26,2021,the Board found that new and relevant evidence had not been submitted to warrant readjudication of the claims for disability compensation for tinnitus and erect...
• CAVCCase 93-644 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 1995-04-14
  In February 1987, the RO confirmed its October 1986 denial of service connection for heart disease, finding that the evidence submitted was "not new and material"....
• CAVCCase 17-1531 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2017-03-28
  In addition, the Board denied entitlement to higher evaluations for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as well as entitlement to earlier effective dates for the awards...
• CAVCCase 18-6734 — Affirmed 2018-11-01
  In the decision here on appeal the Board denied service connection for each of the claimed conditions....
• CAVCCase 21-0372 — Vacated / Remanded 2020-10-07
  Also,in denying a higher rating for coronary artery disease,the Board noted that the appellant's reporting of his symptoms is credible....
• CAVCCase 15-3362 — Affirmed 2015-08-24
  The appellant ,appeals pro se an August 24,2015, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen his previously...
• CAVCCase 19-7935 — Affirmed 2019-10-31
  ANALYSIS The appellant asserts that the Board erred by relying on the February 2019 VA opinion, which he alleges is inadequate,and by providing inadequate reasons or bases for deny...
• CAVCCase 13-0949 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-02-28
  Although most of his service medical records (SMRs)were destroyed in the 1973 fire at the 1 The Board also remanded the issue of whether new and material evidence had been received...
• CAVCCase 96-1726 — Reversed / Vacated 1996-12-04
  In the BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied his claims on the basis that his claims for hypertension and muscular atrophy were not well grounded and denied service connect...
• CAVCCase 11-2903 — Affirmed 2011-09-02
  However,the Board found that the Veteran's account of sustaining a back injury while diving into an artillery pit to be credible....
• CAVCCase 22-6636 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-02-21
  at 920,and opined that the appellant's hypertension was not related to his sinusitis....
• CAVCCase 09-3437 — Remanded / Vacated 2009-06-29
  Credibility Determination In his brief,the appellant makes several arguments with respect to his claim of entitlement to service connection for a left hip disability....
• CAVCCase 24-6361 — Dismissed 2026-01-06
  The Board noted that the RO had not afforded the veteran a medical examination to determine whether his bilateral hand osteoarthritis was related to service,but the Board found no ...
• CAVCCase 09-1567 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2009-02-28
  The Court concludes that the Board erred in referring, rather than remanding or adjudicating the dental claim....
• CAVCCase 20-7943 — Vacated / Remanded 2020-07-24
  Many of these conditions couldbe service connected on a presumptive,direct,or secondary basis upon demonstration that the veteran served in Vietnam � but the Board failed to adequa...
• CAVCCase 16-2080 — Affirmed 2016-05-20
  In April 2009, the RO denied reopening the schizophrenia claim,indicating that evidence reviewed included October 1976 to April 2008 treatment records,which were not new and materi...
• CAVCCase 24-0265 — Remanded 2025-05-14
  In a September 2015 male-reproductive-system examination,the examiner found no current disability....
• CAVCCase 21-5985 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2021-06-11
  First,the Board determined that the December 2011 rating decision that denied entitlement to benefits for bilateral flat feet was final because the appellant had not appealed it....
• CAVCCase 21-2787 — Affirmed 2021-02-26
  Because the Board's determination that the criteria for entitlement to service connection for a back disability have not been met is not clearly erroneous and because the Board sup...
• CAVCCase 20-4067 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2020-04-22
  In October 2006,the Board denied entitlement to higher disability ratings for the appellant's right shoulder disabilities....
• CAVCCase 21-1298 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2020-11-12
  3 He underwent a VA eye examination in March 2017,and the examiner found that the appellant's glaucoma requires continual treatment and that the appellant has advanced visual field...
• CAVCCase 08-2682 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2008-05-16
  In the decision here on appeal,the Board denied entitlement to service connection for PTSD, bilateral flat feet,a left ankle condition,right ear hearing loss,and tinnitus because i...
• CAVCCase 17-4391 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2017-09-19
  hat condition encompassed claims for benefits for all of his cardiovascular conditions and that the Board failed to consider entitlement to benefits for those conditions....
• CAVCCase 06-1930 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2006-03-10
  Because the Board failed to provide adequate reasons or bases for its denial of a disability rating in excess of 40% for degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine and sacroili...
• CAVCCase 24-7617 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-09-30
  At a VA skin conditions examination the same month,the examiner diagnosed tinea pedis with a 1969 date of onset but did not opine as to nexus....
• CAVCCase 24-4780 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-10-22
  The parties further agreed that the Board failed to address whether the appellant's macular degeneration was caused by in-service exposure to Agent Orange....
• CAVCCase 19-2158 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-01-10
  To the extent that the Board denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than February 4,2007,for the 50%rating for PTSD,the appellant raises no arguments challenging that deci...
• CAVCCase 09-4352 — Reversed / Remanded 2009-10-19
  of a head injury, a neck disability claimed as neck pain,vision loss,and slow speech,and found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen his claims for entitl...
• CAVCCase 11-0200 — Affirmed / Remanded 2010-10-07
  First,she asserts that the Board erred in failing to award her a disability rating in excess of 10%for her hemorrhoid and lumbar spine claims....
• CAVCCase 19-5367 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-04-16
  1 For the reasons that follow, the Court will set aside 1 In the same decision,the Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and a toenail fungus; denied entitlement to an in...
• CAVCCase 93-1203 — Vacated 1995-10-20
  3 The Board found that the evidence did not establish that "the veteran's heart disease manifested by systolic murmur was incurred or aggravated during active service"....
• CAVCCase 13-0783 — Vacated / Remanded 2012-12-03
  With respect to CAD,the RO found a current condition but that the medical opinions demonstrated that the condition was not related to drug testing in service or to RBBB found in se...
• CAVCCase 19-3131 — Unknown 2019-04-04
  In the same decision,the Board found that there was new and material evidenceto reopen a claim of serviceconnection for arthritis of the bilateral hands....
• CAVCCase 23-0608 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-12-12
  Parties'Arguments The appellant first argues that the Board failed to ensure that VA satisfied its predecisional duty to assist him because VA did not provide a medical examination...
• CAVCCase 21-5002 — Remanded / Vacated 2021-04-19
  Whether a medical opinion is adequate is a finding of fact,which this Court reviews under the 'clearly erroneous'standard....
• CAVCCase 96-1522 — Vacated 1996-10-24
  FARLEY, Judge : This is an appeal from an October 24, 1996, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not been s...
• CAVCCase 24-3612 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2025-05-30
  In the April 16,2024,decision on appeal,the Board denied the veteran's claims....
• CAVCCase 19-0200 — Vacated / Affirmed 2018-09-12
  ,appeals through counsel a September 12,2018,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision finding no new and material evidence sufficient to reopen previously denied claims for servic...
• CAVCCase 92-622 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 1995-03-06
  The appellant has filed a brief requesting that the Court vacate the Board's decision denying his claims for back condition and arthritis, reverse the Board's finding that the evid...
• CAVCCase 19-0734 — Unknown 2019-01-23
  3 Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of its reasons or bases,we set aside its decision concerning appellant's claims for bilateral hip disorder,bilateral low...
• CAVCCase 14-0751 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2013-11-27
  The examiner opined that the appellant's current symptoms were not related to his in-service injury....
• CAVCCase 04-0140 — Affirmed 2006-09-11
  In May 1982, a VA regional office (RO) denied him entitlement to service connection for his heart-related conditions on the grounds that there was no evidence in his service medica...
• CAVCCase 09-1386 — Affirmed / Remanded 2009-01-28
  He argues that VA failed in its duty to assist because May 2006 VA examination he was provided for his hypertension claim was inadequate, because the VA failed to obtain records fr...
• CAVCCase 12-1234 — Affirmed 2012-03-14
  ,appeals,through counsel,a March 14, 2012,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision finding that he had not submitted new and material evidence sufficient to reopen a previously de...
• CAVCCase 09-0610 — Affirmed 2008-12-15
  ANALYSIS A Board determination of the appropriate degree of disability under the rating code is a finding of fact subject to the clearly erroneous standard of review....
• CAVCCase 22-6162 — Unknown 2022-10-03
  In an August 2017 decision,the Board denied the appellant's claims....