Other conditions decisions — 2019

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the cause of the Veteran's death and its relation to service. The appellant must provide additional medical records, and a VA examiner will be asked to determine if the causes of death are related to service.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, and thus has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for gastric ulcers and entitlement to a TDIU due to insufficient evidence regarding whether her conditions are related to military service.

The appellant is not a veteran and therefore ineligible to receive VA benefits.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for the cause of death due to new and material evidence. However, the claim is remanded as there are outstanding development tasks related to verifying the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed because they died during the pendency of their appeal, and thus the Board has no jurisdiction to decide the merits.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's skin condition, finding that there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or etiology related to his active duty service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a stroke is being remanded due to the submission of new and material evidence. The Board finds that there is limited or suggestive evidence of a scientifically meaningful association between stroke and exposure to herbicide agents, including Agent Orange.

The Board found that the reduction of non-service-connected disability pension benefits for the period from January 1, 2012 to April 30, 2017 was proper and denied the Veteran's appeal.

The Board has denied service connection for gait instability, neurogenic bladder dysfunction with retention, neurogenic bowel incontinence, peri-rectal pain, neuropathic pain, and acute post-operative pain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tumor of the spine.,Service connection is not granted because there is no evidence that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active service.

The Veteran's other specified trauma and stressor disorder warrants a rating of 100 percent throughout the entire period on appeal, due to total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for skin cancer, finding that there is no evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral lower extremity cellulitis, finding that there was no in-service injury or disease related to the condition and that it did not begin during active service. The Board also found that there is no relationship between the current disability and the service-connected left inguinal herniorrhaphy.

The Board has referred a claim of entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 based on surgery performed at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa, Florida in January 2011 and is remanding the claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at the Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Meyeres, Florida from February 6, 2011 through February 21, 2011.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at FSMH on September 10, 2015 due to lack of prior authorization and because his condition was not an emergency that would have been hazardous if delayed. VA facilities were feasibly available.

The Veteran is reasonably discharging his duty of support for L.E.S., and the evidence fails to establish L.E.S. experiences hardship due to inadequate financial support.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) and dental treatment for deterioration of teeth have been denied as there is no current diagnosis or evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Veteran's right-foot condition, characterized by arthritis affecting multiple metatarsophalangeal, proximal interphalangeal, and distal interphalangeal joints, is rated at 10 percent from November 2015.

The Board found that the termination of VA compensation benefits for the period from December 13, 2010 to May 6, 2011 was improper due to lack of evidence of flight to avoid prosecution or custody.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to unclear whether hypersomnia is separate from dysthymia and for further development of the record, including obtaining updated medical records and conducting new psychiatric and sleep disorder examinations.