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Diabetes or High Blood Pressure? The VA Owes You Up to $3,800 a Month - Most Veterans Never File

Frank Sutherland

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If you are a veteran with diabetes, high blood pressure, or a heart condition, there is a very good chance the VA owes you money for it. These are three of the most common health problems in the country, they are written right into the VA's own rules as compensable conditions, and almost no one files for them. Once they are documented and stacked correctly, some veterans reach the 100 percent level, which pays over $3,800 a month, plus back pay for the years they went without it.

Here is what we cover:
What presumptive means and why it removes the hardest part of a claim
Why Type 2 diabetes is a compensable condition, and what it is worth
How high blood pressure was just added to the presumptive list under the PACT Act
Ischemic heart disease and how high it can be rated
The secondary route, so you qualify even if you were not exposed
How diabetes drags neuropathy, kidney and eye conditions along with it, all separately rated
The Intent to File that locks in your back pay date in five minutes
The exact five steps to start today

Everything here is tied to real VA rules, 38 CFR 3.309, 3.310 and 4.25, the PACT Act, and the Intent to File rule. If you have any of these conditions, this one is for you.

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I am a veteran advocate, not an attorney and not a VA employee. This video is general information, not advice for your specific situation.

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20 Comments

@FrankSutherlandVA Creator 1 month ago Pinned

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@peterwilson4546 1 month ago

Hey Frank, I would like to thank you for the work you do on our behalf.

@mrrustygray 2 months ago

LMAO - My first record of HBP was documented by a military dr in 1984, then 1985, then 1997,m but when I applied, the VA denied. Spinal fractures on a jump, VA denied. Now I am using an outside counsel and after 38 years, at 60% and heading to the 100%. The VA Comp and & Pen are paid to deny.

@benmoore4008 1 month ago

You may be Right, BUT, VA keeps denying!!!!

@robertlong6118 2 months ago

I was told it was controlled so no money

@cyricmoonblade 2 months ago

Denied Hypertension even with an appeal within the last week :( but may get type 2 diabetes still, that one is in progress. Already rated for PTSD

@davidwilson2108 1 month ago

I want the veteran's play book !!!

@nogojoe68 1 month ago

I served mid 80s as a crash crew fireman. I have high blood pressure and heart disease. Have had burn pit exposure as well as afff firefighting foam. Still got denied multiple times because they say it's from smoking.

@MichaelDonapel 2 months ago

I filed for this exact condition and was turned down by VA . I served four years active duty and twenty seven years in the air national guard. I was medically retired for diabetes but still denied any benefits

@DarrelDodson 1 month ago

Last year I put in for the High blood pressure and they gave me a comment back, that I was smoking and poor eating habits and that was the reason I was turn down. Didn't know what we were that bad during my time in service, we are talking back in the 70', 80's and 90's. Poor eating habits, I guess, I was eating the Mess hall. They are not helping us, they are just turning people down.

@hashimkedir3293 1 month ago

I thought high blood pressure was just something i had to live with 😅 then a nutritionist recommended i read Stop Feeding Disease written by Mark Keller and it completely changed my understanding. it helped me see the root causes i had been ignoring for years. my numbers came down naturally, i lost 25lbs, and my anxiety around health decreased so much. feels like a secret honestly.

@SamuelJHeald 1 month ago

I have all 3 of these. Diabetes High blood pressure and Heart conditions

@Richachos-y8x 3 weeks ago

Frank; thank you so much and i already did in the past a filling for my VA service connected medical issues and was approved !! now i will follow your advice and gather more evidence from my doctor and file new claims !! God bless !!!!

@DonnaBrimhall 4 weeks ago

High Blood pressure documented in medical files from the 80’s,90,’s and still continued today.
Due to High Blood pressure, open heart, died 7 times on the table, A fall from Heart attach cost 5 Brain surgeries.

@johnjason7204 1 month ago

I have Diabetes, Hypertension, documented back to 99 (leading to a stroke) My % stands at 50
Was a reservist spent 5 summers at Fort Drum.. VA denied any time I spent there as an 11B

@RonaldColeman-ef2rc 3 weeks ago

I have this but I was turned down for diabetes. I wasn’t in an agent orange area.

@delilahandcookie354 1 month ago

My husband was denied for blood pressure

@eima4547 2 weeks ago

Hurry up and wait.
I worked for the VA and was a direct advocate for veterans. I can tell you that VA counselors are swamped and I really do believe are doing their best. I also have direct knowledge they are updating the VA system to make the process easier and better.
Keep copies of everything.. keep filing, they will accept and you get back pay. If you have difficulties get an advocate who can help you.

@PatBlanchard-ci8ql 5 days ago

Im a veteran of 15 yrs in the service,i have all conditions,im going to the va clinic every month all they tell me ,not service connected,throw pills at me like this is all i can expect,the Va likes dening more than what we are entitled for.,ty frank for what you are doing,The VA needs to be fixed,its not right what they do.

@richardcole2893 1 month ago

I have had HBP for 23 years documented, I have a serious heart condition, which I am scheduled for a heart cath in about 3 weeks,documented. I have type II diabetes that the VA discovered in an exam, documented, I have sleep apnea requiring a Cpap, documented. I have a leaking aorta valve, documented. I have emphysema, documented. I had 2 stents put in both legs last summer in the main arteries, documented. I was turned down for every one of these conditions just recently. I had a 2 hour C&P exam in April of 2026. I filed February of 2025. I served almost 5 years in the early 1970’s. I have been out 50 years. I have hired a VA disability attorney for my appeal. This is a very stressful process. My C&P exams felt more like interrogations than exams.