Other conditions decisions — 2021

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hand disability, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and his military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records from the Detroit Vet Center and failure to comply with prior remand directives.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for basal cell carcinoma and actinic keratosis due to potential in-service sun exposure.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for Bell’s palsy and Graves' disease have been remanded. The TDIU issue has also been raised.,Graves' disease is currently rated as hyperthyroidism, but the evidence suggests it may be hypothyroid due to prior radiation treatment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial rating higher than 20 percent for myofascial pain syndrome, finding that his symptoms were episodic and present more than one-third of the time but not refractory to therapy.

The Board has decided the case is remanded due to inadequate rationale in an earlier opinion regarding secondary service connection for a left hip disability. The Veteran's current left hip condition may be related to his service-connected right hip and/or low back disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case due to missing documentation related to the clothing allowance claim. The AOJ needs to reconstruct and upload all relevant records to the electronic claims file.

The Veteran's stress fracture of the left tibia is rated at 30 percent effective April 10, 2014. The Board also granted a TDIU based on his service-connected disability.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to a lack of clarity in the medical opinion regarding Agent Orange exposure and sinonasal adenocarcinoma. The case is now pending for further development.

The Board denied service connection for left upper and lower extremity disabilities as the appellant's discharge was characterized as 'other than honorable' due to a serious offense, which bars VA benefits. The claim is also denied based on lack of evidence linking current disability to service.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for loss of vision has been dismissed as the appellant requested withdrawal.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for loss of teeth due to trauma is remanded because the Board did not consider functional loss caused by jaw pain, which he raised prior to the November 2018 decision.

Your right and left leg post-phlebotic syndrome have been granted an evaluation of 40 percent, but no higher, prior to April 22, 2020.,The issues of service connection for a right knee disability, left knee disability, left hip disability, heart disability, increased rating in excess of 20 percent for a left ankle disability, and increased rating in excess of 20 percent for a right ankle disability are still under review.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right eye disability, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his in-service head injury.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for residuals of non-hodgkin’s lymphoma was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating under either the current or previous regulations.

The Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities need to be re-evaluated due to recent worsening. The VA will seek his private medical records and schedule him for a new examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient financial information provided by both parties regarding their separation and divorce. The VA needs to gather more recent financial data from the appellant and Veteran for the period before their divorce in August 29, 2014.

The Board denied service connection for the residuals of a heart attack and a hernia, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to any period of active duty or training.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for left and right foot conditions due to inadequate examination, requiring further development.

The Veteran's initial rating for degenerative joint disease of the left elbow with elbow strain prior to January 9, 2020 is denied as his flexion was limited to 115 degrees and extension to 20 degrees.,The Veteran's initial rating for impairment of the left forearm supination/pronation prior to January 9, 2020 is denied as both supination and pronation were limited to 70 degrees with painful motion beginning at that degree.