Other conditions decisions — 2016

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining missing service treatment records and a VA examination.

The Veteran's residuals of left cerebellum infarction, including facial numbness and paresthesia, have been rated at 20 percent since February 17, 2015.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development regarding the Veteran's insurance status and private treatment records from Blue Mountain Hospital. The appeal will be reconsidered with consideration of whether the Veteran had a reasonable expectation that delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous, and if VA or other Federal facilities were not feasibly available on April 5, 2014.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for compensation for Crohn's disease, which may now be considered on its merits. The Veteran's Crohn's disease is being evaluated in light of whether it was caused or aggravated by his service-connected prostate cancer treatment.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional medical examination and records, as well as further development of the service connection issue.

The Veteran seeks service connection for fatigue, sore joints, memory loss, muscle twitches, lightheadedness, and gastrointestinal symptoms. The Board finds that a remand is necessary to obtain updated VA treatment records, personnel and service treatment records from the Washington National Guard, and provide the Veteran with appropriate examinations.

The Veteran requested withdrawal of the appeal regarding entitlement to an extension of a delimiting date for educational benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 30, and the Board has dismissed this issue as a result.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional examinations and an addendum opinion to address the nature and etiology of his bladder condition, as well as the severity of his service-connected spinal disabilities. The case will be returned to the Board after these actions are completed.

The Board has remanded the case for scheduling a hearing at the correctional facility or at the RO if feasible, due to the Veteran's incarceration.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for narcolepsy and found that new and material evidence had been submitted. The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's currently diagnosed narcolepsy is related to his active military service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a skin disability and sterility, both claimed as due to exposure to herbicides.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional disability (including anemia) claimed to have resulted from VA left total hip arthroplasty in September 2002 and follow-up care, finding that any additional pathology was not caused by VA fault.

The appeal has been dismissed due to the appellant's death.

The Veteran's claim for nonservice-connected death pension was denied as he did not have war time service for VA pension purposes.

The Board denied the claim for a Government-furnished headstone or grave marker because the exact location of B.W.'s remains is unknown, and therefore cannot provide one.

The Board has determined that the appellant is eligible for treatment in the VA healthcare system without a copayment requirement for the period January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, based on his income reduction from 2012 to 2013.

The Board has remanded the case for issuance of an SOC regarding the issue of entitlement to an effective date earlier than June 4, 2003, for the grant of a 70 percent rating for loss of use of the right hand (dominant).

The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused or contributed to by service, and specifically denied service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board has determined that service connection for post traumatic deformity of the right clavicle is granted, as it cannot be reasonably disassociated from the Veteran's active duty.

The Board finds that the Veteran's pulmonary embolism was not caused or aggravated by her service-connected DVT, and therefore denied the claim for service connection.