Other conditions decisions — 2019

The Board has remanded the claim for a left eye disability due to issues with compliance and need for additional development. The Veteran seeks service connection, but the evidence does not clearly establish that his pre-existing condition worsened during service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for accrued benefits and benefits for the month of his father's death as there were no claims or appeals pending at the time of his father's death, and he was not owed any additional funds.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical examination and further development is needed.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for irritable colon syndrome was denied. The character of discharge from his period of service from July 1987 to December 1989 is now reopened, but the evidence does not support reopening the claim based on service connection.

The Veteran's service did not overlap with a period of war, thus he is ineligible for nonservice-connected death pension.

The Veteran's ischemia of the small bowel is being remanded for a medical opinion to determine if it may be related to his exposure to herbicide agents during service.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is remanded due to the need for a new medical opinion regarding whether his post-surgical complications were proximately caused by or further aggravated by a lack of proper follow-up treatment and concerns being ignored by VA doctors.

The appeals were dismissed due to the Veteran's death, and no jurisdiction remains for adjudicating the merits of these claims.

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death, and no jurisdiction remains for further action.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for tremors in his hands, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The Board has remanded the cases for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's hip disabilities are related to service or his service-connected low back disability.

The Board denied the claim for VA death benefits due to the decedent's dishonorable discharge from service, which is a bar to VA benefits. The appellant did not provide sufficient evidence to upgrade his discharge.

The Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for his left eye herpetic keratitis is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination.

The Veteran's brain aneurysm and lupus have been granted service connection. The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for her hysterectomy residuals is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA educational benefits in the amount of $72,529.25 due to fault on both sides and lack of undue hardship.

The appellant, who is the Veteran's daughter and was 59 years old at the time of her claim for VA death benefits, cannot qualify as an eligible survivor due to not meeting the definition of a 'child' as required for such eligibility. Therefore, she may not claim DIC, accrued, or pension benefits as the Veteran’s child.

The Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability is dismissed because the Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal.

The Veteran's effective date for the election of payment of VA disability compensation in lieu of military retirement pay is granted as March 8, 2017.

The Board is remanding the case to verify if the appellant's spouse served with recognized guerrillas during World War II and to provide the underlying claim folder and roster list.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete service treatment records and requests additional development, including a VA examination.