Other conditions decisions — 2019

The Board has dismissed the appeal for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA benefits in the original amount of $10,728.50 due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal. The issues of whether the Veteran is competent to manage disbursement of VA funds and selection of a fiduciary other than the Veteran's wife are remanded.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for urinary incontinence due to uterine prolapse and following pregnancy, finding that there is not a basis to demonstrate causation between these conditions and her active duty service.

The Board has decided that the matter of whether the Veteran's spouse should be restored as his fiduciary in favor of D.T. needs to be reconsidered due to an intertwined issue regarding the Veteran's current competency status.

The Board has remanded the case due to issues of service connection for a stroke and blindness as secondary to service-connected valvular heart disease with cardiac arrhythmia. The SMC claim is also remanded.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral fallen arches and tooth/gum disability are remanded due to the need for additional development, including VA examinations.

The Veteran's right middle trigger finger and ilio-inguinal nerve entrapment have been rated, but the Board has found that additional development is needed for the right middle trigger finger from November 21, 2017.

The Board has remanded the case due to non-compliance with previous remand directives, specifically obtaining medical records from UCHC and conducting an addendum VA opinion.

The Board found that the Veteran's cause of death, perforating gunshot wounds to the chest, was not related to his military service and denied service connection for the cause of death.

The Board has granted an increased rating for the Veteran's service-connected chronic venous insufficiency of the left leg from 40 to 60 percent. The Court ordered a remand due to incomplete records and additional development is required.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection of cognitive impairment has been dismissed due to his death.

The Veteran's glioblastoma multiforme is being remanded for further evaluation due to the need for an addendum opinion regarding presumptive service connection.

The Veteran's grandchild, K.K., does not qualify for CHAMPVA benefits as he is not considered a child of the Veteran under VA regulations.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and requests for a signed authorization from Harrison Medical Center.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records from SSA and VA facilities. The Veteran's right eye disorder claim will be reconsidered with these new records.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 50% disability rating for breast reduction surgery was denied as there is no evidence of factual worsening in the one-year period prior to May 1, 2017.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, a disability rating for coronary artery disease, and a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of encephalopathy, finding no current disability related to encephalopathy and attributing any memory loss to his service-connected depressive disorder.

The Veteran's claim for nonservice-connected pension was denied because her income exceeded the maximum annual pension rate, and she did not meet the definition of permanent and total disability due to a nonservice-connected condition.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a sleep impairment/disorder has been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal prior to the Board's decision.

The appeal for an increased disability rating of the service-connected pilonidal cyst is dismissed due to the death of the appellant during the pendency of the appeal.