Other conditions decisions — 2017

The Board has ordered the VA to obtain and associate a consent form for the Veteran's lumbar spine surgery with the claims file. The appeal will be remanded again due to incomplete records.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral shin disability is being remanded due to the need for an additional VA examination and consideration of his in-service treatment records.

The Veteran's representative withdrew the service connection claim for personality disorder.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim and granted service connection for head injury with hearing and vision loss as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability. The evidence shows that the fall from a ladder in 1995, which resulted in the head injury, was caused by the service-connected left knee disability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination and opinion regarding his liver, malaria, and spleen conditions.

The Veteran's minor child KC was not recognized as a dependent prior to October 1, 2014 because the adoption process had not been completed and therefore did not meet the legal definition of a dependent for VA compensation purposes.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination and the provision of outstanding medical records.

The Board has determined that the Veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities and has referred the case for extraschedular TDIU consideration. The claim will be remanded for further action.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current foot rash began in service and has persisted since then, granting service connection for a skin disability.

The Board has found that the Veteran's request for a waiver of recovery of the overpayment was timely, and his waiver request is remanded to the Committee on Waivers and Compromises for adjudication of his request on the merits.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for TMJ due to new and material evidence submitted since the last final denial. The Board finds that TMJ was incurred in active service.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for mouth or jaw cancer, which he believes was caused by his exposure to herbicides in Vietnam. The case has been remanded due to the need for a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the condition.

The Veteran's spouse is granted an apportionment of the Veteran's VA nonservice-connected pension benefits in the amount paid, or payable to, the Veteran as a dependency allowance for the appellant. The decision was made due to the appellant and the Veteran being estranged and the Veteran not reasonably contributing to her support.

The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected costochondritis, categorized as a muscle injury of Muscle Group XXI, does not meet or approximate the criteria for a compensable rating under the applicable VA rating criteria. The disability is characterized as 'slight' based on the evidence showing intermittent chest pain without significant functional impairment.

The Veteran's right ankle disability is rated at 20 percent, the maximum under DC 5271 for marked limitation of motion.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for prostatitis and urethritis have been remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records from urologists not yet obtained.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin condition, to include blisters, needs further development and is therefore remanded.

The Board has reopened the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for left hip residuals, status post left hip replacement and granted it.