Other conditions decisions — 2022

The Veteran's additional disabilities, including fatigue, mild cognitive dysfunction, right leg weakness, right arm/shoulder weakness, chronic neuropathic pain, and neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction, are considered to be the result of a spinal epidural abscess caused by VA dental treatment. The Board finds that this event was not reasonably foreseeable.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for gynecological disorders, back disorder, and neck disorder due to incomplete service records and insufficient examination opinions.

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death, and no service connection issues were decided.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's diagnosed cardiovascular disabilities are related to in-service exposure to herbicide agents or to a disease, injury, or event in service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of all evidence added to the claims file since the last AOJ adjudication.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have been reopened due to new and material evidence. Service connection is granted based on presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service in the offshore eligible waters of Vietnam.

The Board has denied service connection for right hand and left hand disabilities, but has remanded the cases for further development regarding right elbow and left elbow disabilities. The appeal is mixed as some issues were granted while others were not.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for polycythemia vera, finding that it was not incurred in or caused by his military service and is not related to his service-connected prostate cancer residuals.

The Veteran's claims for increased disability evaluations for cold injury residuals of the right and left hands, as well as service connection for GERD, Barrett's esophagus, and hypertension were denied.,The Veteran was previously granted a 30 percent disability evaluation for his cold injury residuals of the right and left hands prior to March 15, 2018.

The Veteran's left knee disability, including instability, is now rated at 20 percent, effective from the date of this decision.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental condition related to in-service trauma is remanded due to insufficient evidence and the need for a VA examination.

The Veteran's spouse was not granted an earlier effective date for additional compensation due to failure to provide the necessary divorce decree within one year of notification.

The Veteran's claim for special monthly pension based on the need for aid and attendance or being housebound was denied as he does not meet the criteria under which an SMP is evaluated.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for peptic ulcers, finding no competent evidence suggesting the condition began in or was related to service.

The Board has dismissed the appeal as moot because the Veteran's claim for DEA benefits based on permanent and total disability status was granted in a June 2022 rating decision.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and the need for a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's hypertension.

The Veteran's service-connected depressed mood disorder is rated at 70 percent, effective June 26, 2009.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for death pension benefits due to the Appellant's income exceeding the maximum annual death pension rate (MAPR) that applied to a surviving spouse with no dependents.

The Veteran's eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance was denied because his service obligation under an ROTC scholarship program did not qualify him for the benefits.

The Veteran's effective date for adding his wife S.T. as a dependent spouse is denied, but the Board finds that an earlier effective date of April 1, 1999 should be granted.