Other conditions decisions — 2020

The Board has granted service connection for gout and denied service connection for hiatal hernia. The Veteran's gout is found to be causally related to his active service, while the hiatal hernia is not shown to be incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was received to reopen the service connection claims for skin disorder, refractive error and senile cataracts of the right eye, but not for stomach ulcer. The Veteran's service-connected peripheral neuropathy disabilities are remanded.

The Veteran's current diagnoses of CAD and DMII are more likely than not attributable to herbicide exposure during service, leading to the grant of service connection for these conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental disability, finding that his condition does not meet the criteria for compensation due to lack of evidence of loss of substance of body of maxilla or mandible.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected narcolepsy is being remanded due to insufficient recent medical evidence and the need for a new examination.

The Board denied service connection for Graves' disease and Myasthenia Gravis, finding that the evidence did not support a link to active service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim to be recognized as the Veteran's surviving spouse, finding that she and the Veteran were legally divorced by March 2002 and did not hold themselves out as married after their divorce.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the service connection for a sleep disorder. The Veteran's claim will be reviewed again with more detailed reasoning and evidence consideration.

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

The Board has granted an effective date of March 24, 2009 for the payment of a dependency allowance for the Veteran's daughter Q. The claim was initially filed in July 2003 but was deemed abandoned due to lack of response within one year. It was refiled in March 2009 and subsequently granted.

The Board has awarded service connection for right hip replacement and degenerative joint disease of the right hip, which was originally claimed as right pelvic deficiency. The appeal is dismissed because the issue has been resolved.

The Veteran's bilateral elbow and hip pain are not service-connected due to diagnosed conditions.,PTSD and depressive disorder (NOS) were granted a 70% rating prior to May 8, 2018, but denied from that date onwards.

The Board dismissed the issue of validity of a $875.77 debt due to military drill pay during FY 2015, as it was re-adjusted in an earlier decision.

The Board has granted service connection for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) as a result of exposure to herbicide agents, specifically Agent Orange. The decision is based on the Veteran's claim that his AML was caused by benzene exposure during his service in Vietnam.

The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for intestinal tubulovillous adenoma cancer is denied as he does not have any residual conditions due to the condition.

The Veteran's service connection claim for multiple myeloma was denied because the evidence did not establish a link between his military service and the condition, despite his contention that it resulted from exposure to herbicides. The Board found no credible evidence of actual exposure to herbicide agents during service.

The Veteran's shell fragment wound to the left buttock is rated at 40 percent, effective June 24, 2010. The Veteran's PTSD with dissociative episodes is rated at 70 percent, also effective June 24, 2010.

The Veteran's vocal cord damage resulting from a September 2010 VA coronary bypass surgery is denied as not meeting the criteria for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to lack of fault on the part of VA.

The Board has decided to remand the cases for further examinations due to the Veteran's failure to report for scheduled VA examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for a skin disability, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his current condition and active service or exposure to herbicides.