Other conditions decisions — 2021

The Board has determined that the Veteran's atrial fibrillation is related to his active military service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to unclear symptomatology related to the service-connected status post nose fracture and a potential SSA disability record that was not obtained.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for 'veteran' status due to his discharge from service being under conditions other than honorable, specifically willful and persistent misconduct. The appeal does not address any claims for service connection.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for payment of or reimbursement by VA for medical expenses incurred from November 6, 2018 to January 4, 2019 as there are no valid matters in controversy.

The Board has granted the appeal for payment of non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran on November 25, 2020 and December 1, 2020.

The appeal is dismissed as the AOJ has administratively reversed and approved payment for non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran on December 22, 2020.

The Board has decided that it does not have jurisdiction to address the appellant's claims for payment of non-VA medical services provided on March 8, 2021. The appeal is remanded due to incomplete records and lack of adequate notice.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for dental trauma as his VA Form 10182 was not timely filed within one year of the December 17, 2019 rating decision.

The Veteran's request for a waiver of an overpayment was denied because it was not filed within the 180-day period following notification.

The Board has granted service connection for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in the Republic of Vietnam.

The Veteran's overpayment for dependent compensation from October 2013 to mid-February 2015 is not against equity and good conscience. The overpayment from mid-February 2015 to November 2020 will be waived, except for the period between his marriages from September 2013 to mid-February 2015.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's eye condition and its relation to his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's duodenal ulcer with hemorrhage is remanded for further review due to new evidence received after the March 1954 rating decision.

The Veteran's duodenal ulcer with hemorrhage is remanded for further review due to new evidence received after the March 1954 rating decision.

The Board has determined that there were pre-decisional errors in the original decision and has ordered a remand to obtain additional evidence, including service treatment records and personnel records. The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic salpingitis is now pending again.

Your VR&E benefits have been discontinued, but you were awarded new benefits in December 2019. The appeal is dismissed because the original issue has been resolved.

The appeal was dismissed as the AOJ administratively reversed and approved payment for non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran on December 8, 2020.

The Board has decided that it does not have jurisdiction to address the appellant's claims for payment of non-VA medical services provided on January 12, 2021. The appeal is remanded due to incomplete records and lack of adequate notice.

The Veteran's service-connected multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules of unknown etiology are granted with an initial evaluation of 60 percent, but no higher.

The Veteran's duodenal ulcer with hemorrhage is remanded for further review due to new evidence received after the March 1954 rating decision.