Other conditions decisions — 2021

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient verification of the Veteran's service in Vietnam and the nature of his military separation. The VA will need to make efforts to obtain these records.

The Veteran's overpayment of VA compensation benefits is remanded for a paid and due audit to determine how the overpayment was created.

The Board has granted service connection for PLS as a variant of ALS, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance and resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a potential error in creating the overpayment, and will need to determine if this was indeed an administrative mistake.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate VA examination regarding the Veteran's pulmonary nodules. The RO needs to obtain a new examination and clarify which PFT results best reflect the Veteran's level of disability.

The Veteran is granted special monthly pension benefits based on the need for aid and attendance due to his blindness and requiring assistance with daily activities. His income does not exceed the maximum annual pension rate.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment during the period under consideration.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for paraplegia with loss of bowel and bladder functions is dismissed due to finality rules.

The Board has decided that the original decision cannot be located and requires remand to reconstruct the record and upload all documentation related to the claim of payment for non-VA medical services provided on January 15, 2020.

The Board has decided that the original decision cannot be located and requires remand to reconstruct the record and upload all documentation related to the appeal. The AOJ must provide complete notice of the decision as required by law, including identification of findings favorable to the claimant.

The Veteran's right shoulder disability is being remanded for a new VA examination to assess its current severity.

The Veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for service connection and a higher rating for his left leg shrapnel wound, including the muscle group XI injury with a retained foreign body. The Board denied these claims as the evidence did not establish that the condition arose before February 9, 2017.,The Veteran also sought an earlier effective date for the increased rating of his service-connected left leg shrapnel wound scar. The Board denied this claim as well.

The Board has granted service connection for nephrolithiasis with microscopic hematuria and chronic prostatitis, both claimed as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected epididymitis with testicular atrophy and infertility.

The Board has denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's right hip disability and has remanded the issue of entitlement to TDIU.

The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate medical opinion in the August 2019 decision, which denied service connection for sleep disturbances as secondary to service-connected sinusitis and rhinitis. The Court found that the January 2016 VA examiner's opinion was insufficient.

The appeal has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant, and therefore the Board does not have jurisdiction to decide the merits of the case.

The Board has found the VA examinations inadequate and remanded for further development, including a new examination to assess the Veteran's right thigh muscle injury.

The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA examination in July 2018, and a new opinion is needed regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral hip disorder was caused or aggravated by his service-connected knee and back disabilities.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hair loss, skin disability, and menstrual disorder due to inadequate opinions regarding service connection.

The Veteran's claims for an initial compensable disability rating for his service-connected right fifth metacarpal fracture and for service connection for a left leg disability, separate and apart from the service-connected scar of the left anterior thigh were both denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating under the applicable VA Rating Schedule.