Other conditions decisions — 2019

The Board found that VA was solely responsible for the appellant being erroneously paid benefits, thus granting her appeal of the overpayment issue.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death due to herbicide exposure, but further evidence is needed as no medical opinion regarding causation was provided.

The Veteran's gynecological disorder, diagnosed as uterine fibroids with associated incontinence, is found to have started during her service. The Board grants the claim for service connection.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim of service connection for Fabry disease due to insufficient medical opinion regarding aggravation by service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a respiratory cancer disability, finding that there was no evidence of current respiratory cancer or other chronic respiratory conditions in his medical records. The Board concluded that the Veteran did not have a current disability and thus could not establish presumptive service connection based on herbicide exposure.

The Board has granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizoaffective disorder and alcohol use disorder. Service connection is remanded for diabetes, neuropathy, and sleep apnea.

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death.

The Veteran's service connection claim for numbness of the right fifth finger is granted. The Board finds that there is equipoise evidence to support a finding that his current numbness of the right forearm may be due to or aggravated by his now service-connected numbness of the right fifth finger.

The Veteran's overpayment of VA pension benefits is waived due to the fault of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in not promptly stopping the payments after he notified them that he no longer needed special monthly pension.

The Board has granted service connection for varicose veins of the right and left legs, but denied service connection for a gynecological disorder, to include residuals of total hysterectomy.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the secondary service connection claims.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for quadriplegia was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to outstanding Social Security Administration (SSA) records and further consideration of the theory raised at his hearing.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating for diabetes mellitus due to additional development being necessary, including a VA examination.

The Veteran's stress fracture of the left tibia is being remanded for a new VA examination to determine its current severity.

The Board denied a retroactive payment of $7,939.00 for disability compensation benefits and also denied the creation of a debt of $1,218 due to overpayment. The Veteran was already paid pension benefits during the time period in question, which created an overpayment that was waived.

The Board has decided that the change in the Veteran's means test eligibility category from exempt to copay required for income year 2017 was not proper and has remanded the case for further action.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings on several of his service-connected disabilities are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and assessments.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for the claim of entitlement to service connection for a hypertensive disorder, which was secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for further development regarding the Veteran's exposure to ionizing radiation and its potential connection to his death-causing metastatic colon cancer.