Other conditions decisions — 2024

The Veteran's appeal of the cost of non-VA dental services provided on October 26, 2020 was dismissed as moot because they were already in receipt of the benefit sought.

The Board dismissed the appeal as there is no longer a case or controversy for decision due to VHA overturning its initial denial and approving the non-VA medical care provided by IHHS on August 6, 2020.

The Veteran's appeals for effective dates prior to September 9, 2019 for the grants of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility to Dependents Educational Assistance under 38 USC Chapter 35 were dismissed as the April 2021 decision granted these benefits with an effective date of February 21, 2012.

The Board has dismissed the appeal as there is no case or controversy for it to adjudicate, and the appellant is in receipt of the benefit sought.

The Board dismissed the appeal for payment of $100.00 for medical expenses associated with COVID-19 testing by Aegis Sciences Corporation, as the underlying case or controversy has been resolved and the appeal is moot.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA pension benefits, finding that fault lay with the Veteran and that recovery would cause undue hardship but not defeat the purpose of the benefit.

The Board denied the appellant's request for an earlier effective date prior to June 12, 2018, for the grant of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.

The Board denied service connection for a personality disorder as the evidence did not meet the criteria for a valid DSM-V diagnosis and there was no in-service disease or injury that could be linked to the current condition.

The Veteran's appeal for a waiver of overpayment in the amount of $1,238.00 due to an overpayment of dependent spouse benefits has been dismissed because his claim was rendered moot by the grant of the waiver.

The Board denied recognition of N.G. as the Veteran's dependent spouse due to insufficient information provided regarding the validity of their marriage.

The Board has granted a disability rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with depressed mood, effective from July 1, 2014. The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.

The Veteran's initial compensable rating for idiopathic hypersomnia is denied.,An initial compensable rating of 10 percent, but no higher, for mild neurocognitive disorder is granted.

The Veteran's interstitial cystitis (IC) was granted an effective date of April 4, 2019 for a 60 percent rating. The Board found that the Veteran met the criteria for this increased rating since her April 2019 supplemental claim.

The Veteran's chronic lymphocytic leukemia was previously rated at zero percent. As of August 16, 2023, the condition has been rated at 100 percent due to active disease and symptomatic anemia.

The appellant meets the requirements for a secondary school diploma (or an equivalency certificate) before applying for educational assistance under Chapter 1606, Montgomery GI Bill for Selected Reserves. The Board granted the appeal as the appellant's high school diploma was submitted prior to her initial active duty training.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to procedural errors and a statutory duty under the PACT Act, but did not make a decision on service connection.

The Board has determined that the VA's failure to obtain a VA examination and medical opinion for the diagnosed median and ulnar nerve lesions was a pre-decisional duty to assist error which must be corrected on remand.

The Veteran's appeal for reimbursement of medical services provided on December 27, 2019 was dismissed because the claim was untimely and there were no allegations of errors of fact or law for appellate consideration.

The Veteran's application for PCAFC benefits was denied due to his death, as the program requires ongoing eligibility and caregiver services. The appeal is dismissed as a matter of law.

The appeal is dismissed because the VA has already approved payment for non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran on November 16, 2020.