Other conditions decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the claims for an increased rating and TDIU due to outstanding VA medical records not being obtained. The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder is at issue.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient information for deciding the claim, including inconsistent findings and conclusions from previous examinations. A new VA examination is needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's collapsed lung disability.

The Veteran is granted a separate 10 percent rating for pain and crusting around her hearing aid mount, effective February 26, 2016.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and eligibility for specially adapted housing due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the etiology of his gait and balance disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss does not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on deafness in both ears as required by VA regulations.

The Veteran's sleep disability, including obstructive sleep apnea, is being remanded for further development and opinion regarding its relationship to his service-connected cold weather injury of the right and left foot with residual sensory deficit.

The Veteran's service-connected back disability, which existed at the time of his separation from service, would have warranted a discharge for disability. The Board granted basic eligibility for VA home loan benefits based on this.

The Veteran is contesting whether the overpayment of VA compensation benefits was properly created. The Board has decided to remand this issue for further review.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's ischemic stroke is related to his service-connected coronary artery disease and PTSD.

The Veteran's urticaria requires second line treatment (e.g., corticosteroids, sympathomimetics, leukotriene inhibitors, neutrophil inhibitors, thyroid hormone) for control. The Board directed that the Veteran's increased rating claim be considered under both sets of rating criteria for the skin.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient information regarding whether a preexisting left eye disorder was aggravated by service. The Veteran's statements about in-service symptoms will be considered.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right hip disorder due to new and material evidence. The claims for bilateral hearing loss, right hip disorder, left hip disorder (secondary to right hip disorder), rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbar strain with DDD, and propriety of the separately assigned rating for sciatica of the RLE are being remanded.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete evidence and incorrect representation information. The appellant's representative needs to be provided with a copy of the May 2022 SSOC, and all identified private treatment records need to be obtained for review.

The Veteran's right shoulder disability was rated at 30 percent prior to December 30, 2011 and granted a 40 percent rating effective December 30, 2011. The claim for higher ratings is denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for leishmaniasis, finding no objective medical evidence of the condition.

The appellant withdrew her appeal for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, and the Board dismissed the case as a result.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic gynecological disease or disability, finding that there is no current diagnosis related to any in-service injury or disease.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for CIPD of the bilateral lower and upper extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding herbicide agent exposure during service. The Veteran is requested to provide updated VA treatment records and a new VA examination will be conducted.

The Board has remanded the case due to lack of substantial compliance with prior remand directives regarding service connection for oligospermia (low sperm count). The Veteran's claims file must be provided to an appropriate VA clinician to provide a medical opinion addressing whether his condition clearly and unmistakably preexisted service, if so, whether it worsened during service, and whether it is at least as likely as not related to service.

The Veteran's service does not meet the criteria for eligibility to education benefits under Chapter 33 of Title 38 U.S. Code, also known as the Post 9/11 GI Bill due to a lack of qualifying active-duty service.