Other conditions decisions — 2023

The Veteran's apportionment claim was denied due to the incorrect assumption that he and his children shared the same address. The Board has ordered a remand to correct this error.

The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to obtain SSA's documentation regarding the appellant's financial history, which is relevant to determining if he was permanently incapable of self-support at age 18.

The appeal regarding the service connection for breast cancer is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's entitlement to service connection for pancreatic cancer and hernia has been granted due to the presumption of exposure to burn pits in the Persian Gulf War. The Board found that both conditions were related to his military service.

The Veteran's appeals regarding higher initial evaluations for right and left leg Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) prior to February 15, 2021, and an earlier effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

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

The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for numbness in the pointer and index fingers on both left and right hands, finding that the Veteran's numbness was not caused by VA treatment.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board dismissed it.

The Board dismissed the appeal of the Veteran's claim for service connection for abdominal pain as the Veteran withdrew her appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Board denied the appellant's claim, finding his character of service as dishonorable due to willful and persistent misconduct. The appeal is dismissed.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further examination and opinion regarding his service connection claims, including the need to correct a pre-decision duty to assist error in the VA examiner's statement about the right eye injury. The issues are also intertwined due to the impact on the rating claim.

The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran withdrew it before a decision could be made.

The Veteran's appeal for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a November 2021 rating decision has been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew the appeal.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the AOJ had already determined that the medical expense reimbursement request was timely filed.

The Veteran's appeal for PCAFC benefits is dismissed as the program does not provide periodic monetary benefits that could be authorized as accrued or substitution benefits. The appeal cannot proceed because final approval and designation did not occur by the time of the Veteran's death.

Your appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed as moot because your claim has already been granted.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to unclear authorization of a May 2017 bronchoscopy at Yale Medicine, and requests that records be obtained or an appropriate release completed.

The Board dismissed the appeal as the issue of an earlier effective date for adding the Veteran's dependent child, M.R., has already been resolved and assigned a July 18, 2018 effective date.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for VA loan guaranty benefits was denied in July 2021. The decision is being remanded because the Veteran did not receive proper notice of what additional evidence or argument could be presented to support an appeal.

The Board dismissed the appeal as there was a full grant of the waiver of overpayment of VA compensation benefits.