Other conditions decisions — 2024

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, finding that it is due to herbicide agent exposure during his service at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB in Thailand.

The Board denied the motion for revision based on clear and unmistakable error of the December 3, 2012, Rating Decision and denied a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from January 28, 2021.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for colon cancer is granted under the PACT Act, but his claim for service connection on a basis other than the PACT Act is remanded.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the awards of compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 and SMC based on aid and attendance, finding no legal entitlement to such earlier dates.

The appeal for establishing the appellant as the Veteran's surviving spouse and entitlement to VA death benefits was dismissed due to lack of response within 60 days after the Board requested clarification on a review option.

The appeal is dismissed as the AOJ administratively approved the claim for payment of non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran from September 2, 2019, to September 5, 2019.

The Board dismissed the appeal as the VA had already approved and paid for the non-VA dental care provided by Ocala Oral Surgery on October 15, 2020.

Your claim for service connection for leukemia has been granted, but the issue is dismissed as moot since a full grant of the benefit sought on appeal has already occurred.

The Veteran's laryngeal cancer residuals are rated at 10 percent, but the Board found no evidence of functional impairment warranting a higher rating.

The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's right elbow arthritis, which was previously not addressed in her case. The claim will be remanded for this purpose.

The Board denied the claim of entitlement to burial or internment in a VA national cemetery as the decedent did not have active military service and was not disabled from an injury incurred during ACDUTRA/INACDUTRA.

The Board has remanded the case due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring the RO to obtain a new VA opinion on the nature and etiology of the Veteran's respiratory illness(es).

The Veteran's appeals for a right elbow strain and TDIU have been dismissed as the appeal has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board dismissed the appeal as the claim for payment of non-VA medical services provided on December 21, 2020 was resolved in full by administrative action.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for chest pain has been dismissed as the Veteran requested withdrawal of the appeal.

Your waiver of overpayment claim has been granted in full, and therefore your appeal is dismissed as moot.

The Veteran's disability rating for restrictive lung disease and disseminated coccidiomycosis was improperly reduced from 60 percent to 20 percent, effective November 1, 2022. The Board has restored the original 60 percent rating.

The Board denied service connection for right eye vision loss, finding that the evidence did not support a relationship to service or service-connected conditions. The Veteran's claims of secondary service connection were also denied.

The appeal for payment of the cost of non-VA home health services provided from March 1, 2020 to March 15, 2020 is dismissed as the claim was administratively approved.

The Veteran's shin splints of the left leg are granted an initial compensable evaluation of 10 percent, effective from September 26, 2016.