Other conditions decisions — 2019

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right arm condition due to new and material evidence presented. The case is now remanded for further development, including a VA examination.

The Veteran's complex regional pain syndrome of the right lower extremity has been rated at 10 percent since July 19, 2010. The Board found that a higher rating is not warranted under Diagnostic Code 8521 for moderate incomplete paralysis.

The Board has remanded the cases for further action due to the need to recalculate effective dates following the grant of an earlier effective date for service connection.

The Board found that the reduction of ratings for bilateral Cubital Tunnel Syndrome from 40% and 30% to noncompensable was proper due to improvement in the Veteran's condition.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to discrepancies in the record regarding the Appellant's income and medical expenses, which could affect her pension benefits. The Appellant needs to provide updated financial status reports and information on when she stopped receiving in-home care.

The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for hypertensive vascular disease should be remanded due to new evidence being added to the file since the last statement of the case (SOC).

The Board denied service connection for esthesioneuroblastoma, finding that the Veteran's disorder did not manifest during or within one year after service and is not otherwise related to his military service.

The Board denied the appellant's request for a waiver of indebtedness due to it being filed more than 180 days after notification of the debt.

The Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a higher rating for dysautonomia have been remanded due to the need for clarification on the date of onset and whether a claim for dysautonomia should have been inferred or addressed based on his other service-connected disabilities.

The Board found that the appellant's discharge from service was dishonorable due to willful and persistent misconduct, resulting in a denial of VA benefits.

The Board has granted the reopening of the claim for service connection for a lung disability and remanded the issues regarding service connection for a cardiological disability. The Veteran's claims are based on exposure to asbestos, herbicide agents, contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, and gasoline fume inhalation during a fire incident in 1959.

The Veteran's cause of death is granted as his heart disease, presumed to be due to herbicide exposure in Vietnam, aided or lent assistance to the production of his death.

The Veteran's claim for a higher initial rating for anemia (also claimed as iron deficiency) is being remanded.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of anemia is denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for basal cell carcinoma, finding that there was no evidence of radiation exposure during service and concluding that the cancer is not related to any in-service event.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant requested withdrawal of his appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding the cause of the Veteran's death and potential service connection for asbestos exposure.

The Veteran's estate was deemed to have an excessive net worth for receiving pension benefits, as his expenses exceeded his income and he had a limited life expectancy.

The Board has remanded the cases due to outstanding VA treatment records from the Bay Pines VA Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, for the period from May 1967 to January 1974.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for personality disorder, finding that new and material evidence was not received since the last final denial.

The Veteran's non-service-connected disability pension benefits were adjusted to reflect his unemployment income, which was incorrectly counted for 13 months instead of the required 12. The Board found that June 2013 should have been a full pension month and awarded $1,360.