Other conditions decisions — 2023

The Veteran's nasal condition, including decreased sense of taste and smell, is remanded for further examination to determine if it is related to service or due to herbicide exposure. The examiner will also assess whether the pre-existing deviated septum was aggravated by service.

The Veteran and his representative requested to withdraw all pending claims on appeal, leading the Board to dismiss the case.

The Board has remanded the case due to failure of the Veteran to report for a VA examination, and further development is needed.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for retroactive payment to her as the Veteran's child prior to her eighteenth birthday due to a lack of records showing the Veteran was in receipt of VA disability compensation at the required levels.

The Veteran's appeal for restoration of education benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill was denied because his last date of attendance at Allied American University was June 26, 2016, which is more than 120 days after the school's closure on January 4, 2017.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to unclear dates and periods of overpayments, underpayments, and recoupments related to a Veteran's spouse and dependent children. The Veteran will need to provide more details about his studies and clarify when he was entitled to certain adjustments.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's deviated septum was aggravated during service.

The Board dismissed the appeal of payment for ambulance services on January 18, 2014 due to the appellant's withdrawal before a decision was made.

The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to metastatic gastric carcinoma, which is presumed to have been incurred in or related to his military service under the PACT Act.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for systemic lupus erythematosus, finding that there is no evidence of a chronic disease during service and insufficient continuity of symptoms after service to establish a current disability. The Board also found that the current lupus disability did not have its onset during service.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for cause of death due to anaplastic thymic carcinoma, severe leukocytosis, and/or anemia as these conditions were not incurred or aggravated by service. The VA examiner found it less likely than not that the Veteran's cause of death was related to his service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the Veteran's benign schwannoma and its relation to his service, specifically his in-service herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's son, S.E., is denied recognition as the helpless child of the Veteran due to his current legal marriage.

The Veteran passed away during the appeal process, and as a result, the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this case.

The Veteran's service connection for AML was granted, with the cause of death also being granted.,AML is presumed to have been caused by exposure to herbicides during service.

The Veteran's claim for restoration of Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance benefits is denied because he was not enrolled at WyoTech-Fremont on or after January 1, 2015, and the school had already closed prior to that date.

The case is being remanded to obtain SSA records and employment records from the Census Bureau and DOD, as these may contain relevant evidence regarding the Veteran's ability to work prior to October 25, 2002.

The Veteran's service-connected right hip strain disability was denied a higher initial rating from September 4, 2014.,The Veteran's service-connected right hip extension disability was denied a higher initial rating from February 19, 2019 to September 16, 2020 and from September 16, 2020.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a disability manifested by chronic infections, finding no current diagnosis of such condition and concluding that there is not sufficient evidence to establish a causal relationship with service or any service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran did not have at least 90 days of active service during a period of war, and therefore does not meet the basic eligibility criteria for nonservice-connected pension benefits.