Other conditions decisions — 2018

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's left ring finger disability is related to his service. The Veteran must provide any additional medical records and authorize their release.

The Veteran's service-connected ulcerative colitis with primary sclerosing cholangitis, pancolitis and pruritus is currently rated at 60 percent. The Board found no evidence of marked malnutrition, anemia, general debility or serious complication such as a liver abscess.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the post-operative sternal wound infection was due to an unforeseeable event. The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is being returned for further development.

The Board has granted service connection for hammer toes of the left foot as secondary to service-connected peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity associated with diabetes.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of death due to acute leukemia and essential thrombocythemia/myelofibrosis, finding that there is no medical evidence linking these conditions to service or service-connected chronic eczematoid dermatitis.

The Veteran's service connection for tardive dyskinesia is granted with a 10 percent rating, but no more. The evidence shows that the Veteran experiences mild convulsive tic symptoms.

The Board has denied service connection for hammer toes of the left foot, finding that it is not proximately due to or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected Reiter's syndrome. The case is remanded for further development and examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to missing records related to the claims for payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred at MHRC and SMC. These records are necessary to properly adjudicate the claims.

The Veteran's bodily infection is remanded for further examination and opinion regarding its relationship to service, including herbicide agent exposure.

The Board denied the waiver of overpayment request because it was not filed within the 180-day time limit.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's liver condition is related to his service-connected PTSD, weight gain, and alcohol use disorder.

The Veteran's character of discharge was upgraded from under other than honorable conditions to under honorable conditions (general) in May 1998. As a result, he is now eligible for VA benefits.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's ischemic cardiomyopathy, which was service-connected due to herbicide exposure in Vietnam, contributed substantially or materially to his death from adenocarcinoma of the stomach. As a result, service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted.

The Veteran's ulcerative colitis is being remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his condition.

The Appellant is not recognized as the Veteran's surviving spouse for VA death benefits because she was divorced from the Veteran at the time of his death.

The Veteran's overpayment of spousal dependency benefits is being remanded due to the need for a copy of his divorce decree and further clarification on why the debt was declared from 1990 onwards.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for a waiver of overpayment due to financial hardship and lack of fault on his part, but found that recovery would be against equity and good conscience.

The Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating due to service-connected disabilities was dismissed because the Veteran died before the Board could make a decision.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, finding that it did not manifest in service or within one year after separation and is not otherwise related to service, including exposure to ionizing radiation.

The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for residuals of right hip arthroplasty due to the absence of actual causation, as there was no evidence showing that VA's care proximately caused the additional disability.