Other conditions decisions — 2019

The Board has remanded the case for a new medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's death was caused by in-service exposure to TCE at George Air Force Base. The claim is not about service connection, so no rating or effective date applies.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for chronic generalized body pain and gout due to insufficient reasoning in the original decision.

The Veteran's request for a temporary total rating for convalescence following surgery and an initial rating of 20 percent for residuals of right foot injury are both granted.

The Veteran's gout was found to have incapacitating exacerbations occurring three or more times a year, warranting an initial 40 percent disability rating. The criteria for higher ratings were not met.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the appellant's claims for nonservice-connected burial benefits and accrued benefits due to outstanding VA treatment records related to the Veteran's heart attack in 2003. The appellant contends that a claim for nonservice-connected pension benefits was pending at the time of her husband's death, but there are no relevant VA treatment records available.

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

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's myopic astigmatism is a defect or disease, and if it is a disease, whether it was aggravated during service.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board has remanded the cases due to a need for additional medical examination and treatment records to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected left and right lower extremity neuralgia.

The Veteran's net worth is considered excessive and therefore a bar to receipt of nonservice-connected pension benefits, as it exceeds the maximum limit set by VA regulations.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and lack of updated VA treatment records.

The Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and there is no evidence linking his cause of death to exposure to herbicide agents during active duty in Vietnam. The Board denied DIC benefits for the cause of the Veteran’s death.

The Veteran's income exceeded the maximum annual pension rate, thus denying his claim for VA nonservice-connected pension benefits.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating and an earlier effective date for his right foot neuralgia was denied. The condition is rated at 10 percent, effective June 25, 2010.

The Veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for a brain disability, including dementia, is granted. The case is remanded as the VA examiner must provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's current diagnosis of dementia is related to his military service.

The Board denied the claim for an effective date earlier than April 3, 2014 for the award of additional compensation for a dependent spouse because the Veteran died during the appeal process.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to missing VA treatment records and unreturned private healthcare provider releases. The Veteran's claim for service connection of his back injury will be reconsidered after obtaining these records.

The Veteran's claim for an extension of the temporary total evaluation based on convalescence due to surgery of the left foot is denied. The claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for the period prior to June 3, 2013, and after December 1, 2013, for a left great toe disability is remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran, which relates to unestablished facts and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of entitlement to service connection for left eye blindness. The Veteran's current diagnoses include left aphakic sensory exotropia and left eye blindness (claimed as blindness).