Other conditions decisions — 2022

The Board has ordered a remand to obtain an addendum VA medical opinion regarding the Veteran's acinic cell parotid gland carcinoma residuals, specifically addressing whether these conditions are proximately due to or the result of exposure to chemicals during service and if they began during active service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for insomnia, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current insomnia and his military service.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims for increased rating and TDIU should be remanded due to outstanding private treatment records and SSA records.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for loss of teeth, a dental disability, for compensation purposes only is denied as there is no evidence of damage to the jaw during service that would allow for compensation.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an extension of his delimiting date for educational assistance benefits under Chapter 30, MGIB due to lack of medical evidence showing that he was prevented from initiating or completing a chosen program of education due to emotional problems associated with homelessness and unemployment.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a sinus disability, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his military service.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his right ring finger arthritis is granted, with a maximum of a 10 percent rating.

The Veteran died of respiratory failure and esophageal cancer, but the cause of death is not service-connected. The Board found no evidence to support a connection between the Veteran's in-service exposure to herbicide agents and his current conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal to terminate the apportionment of his VA compensation benefits, finding that V.D. demonstrated financial hardship and the Veteran did not demonstrate undue hardship.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for the issue of payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred during a non-VA hospitalization at Gadsden Regional Medical Center. The Board dismissed the appeal as a result.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for his service-connected perforated left tympanic membrane is denied. The issue of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder, claimed as secondary to the service-connected ear condition, is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for Hodgkin's disease, finding that there was no evidence of herbicide exposure at Udorn during the Vietnam era and thus could not establish presumptive service connection.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's left hip condition is related to his in-service motor vehicle accident, and thus service connection for this disability is granted.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to Hodgkin's lymphoma, which is presumed to be related to herbicide exposure during service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left eye disability due to inadequate examination and medical opinion. The case is now pending again for further development.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate compliance with previous remand directives regarding the etiology of the pituitary adenoma.

The appellant's request to be a substitute party was denied because more than one year passed between the Veteran's death and her submission of the claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral loss of vision, finding that there is no reasonable doubt to resolve in favor of the Veteran and concluding that the current eye disability did not begin during service or is otherwise related to any event, injury, or disease during service.

The Board found that the appellant is entitled to VA survivor's pension benefits from September 10, 2016 through March 1, 2017, but her entitlement terminated as of March 1, 2017 due to exceeding the applicable maximum annual pension rate (MAPR).

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for a 60% combined disability rating is dismissed as there are no allegations of errors of fact or law regarding this issue.