Other conditions decisions — 2021

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's meningioma and its relation to service, particularly concerning presumed exposure to herbicide agents.

The Veteran's recurrent penile disabilities, including genital warts, are being remanded for further evaluation and clarification of their relationship to service.

The Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is being remanded due to the addition of new evidence. The case will be returned to the AOJ for review.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's fungal rash, finding that it did not meet the criteria for any of the disability ratings under Diagnostic Code 7806.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's left hand injury during service and its current condition.

The Board has remanded the case to determine the extent of the Veteran's training program at George Stone Technical Center starting April 1, 2014. The Veteran is seeking additional VRAP benefits.

The Board has decided that additional medical review is needed to determine if the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange caused his terminal colon cancer, which led to his death. The claim will be remanded for further evaluation.

The Board found that the appellant's discharge from service was under other than honorable conditions due to a period of continuous AWOL greater than 180 days. The Board determined there were no compelling circumstances to justify the prolonged absence and thus upheld the statutory bar to VA benefits.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and therefore, service connection for CLL is denied.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection on multiple conditions was dismissed due to his death before a decision could be made.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal, so the case is dismissed.

The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient evidence in the record for a retrospective medical opinion regarding the severity and manifestations of the service-connected bilateral shin disabilities from April 10, 2007, and prior to January 6, 2017.

The Veteran withdrew their appeal before the Board could make a decision, so the case is dismissed.

The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to service connection for right and left hand disabilities, including carpal tunnel syndrome. Additional development is needed due to incomplete records and the need for new VA examinations.

The Board has determined that additional evidentiary development is necessary prior to the adjudication of the Veteran's claim of entitlement to a TDIU rating. The Veteran was provided another opportunity to complete and submit the necessary forms for developing his claim, including a VA Form 21-8940.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current disability manifested by limited balance is proximately due to, or the result of, his service-connected peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities and grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, adjustment like disorder with prolonged duration of more than six months without prolonged duration of stressor, is found to be etiologically related to his time on active service. Service connection for this condition is granted.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for cholelithiasis, vision loss, and skin rash due to potential exposure to herbicide agents during service. VA is required to provide medical opinions regarding whether these conditions are related to service.

The Veteran's appeal of the claim for a rating in excess of 40 percent for his lumbar spine disability is dismissed as he withdrew his appeal prior to the Board's decision. The claims for increased ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including referral to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration regarding an initial rating in excess of 10 percent prior to October 27, 2017, and in excess of 20 percent thereafter, for partial superficial peripheral nerve (tibial nerve) paresis of the right foot. The TDIU issue is also remanded.