Other conditions decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient reasons and bases in its decision, specifically regarding the Veteran's employability given his service-connected disabilities. The case is now back with the Board for further consideration.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of medical records from Dr. A.F., who is the Veteran's cardiologist, and requests that she provide copies of any relevant treatment records.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's left rib strain was incurred during active duty and granted service connection for this disability.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to prescribed hydrochlorothiazide as a result of VA treatment, requiring further examination and review of medical records.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to Agent Orange exposure for a bilateral foot condition, right hand tremors, recurring intestinal tumors, and skin conditions (other than dry flaky skin of the feet).

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for PVD of both his left and right lower extremities, as these conditions are found to be secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type 2.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for a chronic respiratory disorder and entitlement to TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case due to deficiencies in the previous decisions, including inadequate medical opinions and failure to address a theory of entitlement related to service-connected lumbar degenerative disc disease.

The Board has granted payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred from May 22, 2012, to May 25, 2012, at CRMC due to reasonable attempts being made by VA to transfer the Veteran to a VA facility but such transfer was not accepted.

The Veteran's reimbursement for medical services on May 23, 2017 at St. Cloud Hospital is granted as the treatment was part of a VA vocational rehabilitation program and delay would have been hazardous to his health.

The Veteran's left fifth finger deformity is rated at a 10 percent rating, effective from the date of this decision. The Board also remanded the issue of TDIU prior to March 19, 2021.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for higher ratings in excess of 20 percent for right distal tibia stress reaction, compensable rating for hypogonadism, and a rating in excess of 60 percent for pituitary microadenoma. The Board dismissed the appeal as withdrawn.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their death, and no service connection decision is made.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's claim of compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to alleged negligence during a left eye surgery in April 2016.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's basal cell carcinoma, specifically related to exposure during service. The case will be returned for further adjudication with new medical opinions considering all relevant factors.

The Veteran's incomplete paralysis of the external cutaneous nerve of the right thigh is rated as noncompensable (0 percent) due to mild symptoms, and no higher rating is warranted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disability, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability related to his active duty service or herbicide exposure. The Board also found that the skin disability is not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected vitiligo.

The appellant's service was not in active military, naval, or air service. Therefore, he is ineligible for future burial in a VA national cemetery.

The Veteran's claims for reimbursement of beneficiary travel expenses incurred on February 6, January 16, January 30, and March 6, 2018 were denied due to untimeliness. The AOJ must associate a copy of the missing claim for February 6, 2018 with the file or document unsuccessful attempts to do so.

The Board has granted service connection for right jaw disability secondary to radiation treatment for service connected prostate cancer, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's condition was caused by this treatment.