Other conditions decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the cases due to a need for additional medical opinion regarding the involvement of the fifth cranial nerves and their impact on the Veteran's symptoms.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cardiac disability manifested as bradycardia, finding that there is no competent and probative evidence to support a causal nexus between his current condition and service.

The Board has granted service connection for corneal abrasion, finding it secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral dry eye syndrome; exophthalmos; and lagophthalmos. The decision is based on medical evidence indicating that the corneal abrasions are caused by his service-connected conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from January 16, 2009 to September 1, 2010.

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death, and no final decision can be made.

The Board denied service connection for a liver disability, to include fatty liver, as there was no evidence of a chronic liver disability. The claim for an abdominal disability, to include right lower quadrant pain, is remanded for further development.

The Board has remanded the case due to issues related to VR&E services and equipment purchases. The Veteran's appeal is pending further review by VA officials.

The Board denied service connection for left and right hip disorders as they were not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service, and arthritis did not manifest to a compensable degree within one year of separation from active duty.

The Board remands the claim for payment or reimbursement of medical expenses due to missing records that need to be associated with the claims file.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal prior to a decision being made.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board dismissed the claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses as a matter of law, stating that such payments are not accrued benefits and thus cannot be granted.

The appeal is remanded to reconstruct the record and upload all documentation related to the claim for an annual clothing allowance.

The Board remands the case to again attempt to obtain in-service mental health treatment records and an adequate VA opinion which complies with the previous remand instructions.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to insufficient efforts to verify in-service exposure to herbicide agents.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for ear infections, finding that there was no current disability and no evidence of a nexus between the in-service ear infections and any current condition.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for VA home loan guaranty benefits as he did not meet the minimum service duration requirements.

The Veteran's emergency room visit at Bayonet Point Regional Medical Center on December 3, 2015 was deemed a medical emergency and the closest available appropriate level of care. The VA facility was not feasibly available to provide treatment for his condition, thus he is entitled to reimbursement.

The Board remands the claim for an additional VA examination to evaluate the current symptomology of the Veteran's disability, as the previous examinations were found inadequate.