Other conditions decisions — 2024

The Veteran's former spouse was restored to his award of VA disability compensation until the date of divorce, March 19, 2014.

The Board found that the Veteran's discharge from service was not a bar to VA benefits due to misconduct, as his offenses did not meet the criteria for dishonorable discharge under 38 C.F.R. § 3.12(d)(3) or willful and persistent misconduct under 38 C.F.R. § 3.12(d)(4).

The appeal is dismissed as the claim for payment of non-VA medical services has been administratively approved.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for nervous system, cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with mild left hemiparesis, and insomnia due to duty-to-assist errors. The Veteran's claims are not currently supported by competent medical evidence.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant requested to withdraw it before a decision was made.

The Board denied the Appellant's claims for retroactive DEA benefits prior to April 20, 2019 and entitlement to more than 36 months of DEA benefits. The earliest possible date for retroactive payment of DEA benefits is April 20, 2019.

The Veteran seeks reimbursement or payment for medical services provided by Forefront Dermatology on October 15, 2020. The Board finds the record incomplete and remands to obtain additional relevant evidence.

The appeal has been dismissed as the claim for payment of medical services provided to the Veteran on October 3, 2020, has already been granted and paid.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant's Notice of Disagreement was not timely filed.

The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal regarding an earlier effective date for a 50 percent rating for his left hip disorder. The Board has dismissed the appeal as a result.

The Veteran's initial compensable rating for service-connected left arm burns with residual tingling is being remanded due to the lack of an adequate VA neurological Disability Benefits Questionnaire (DBQ).

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental condition, to include missing, decayed and eroded teeth as secondary to GERD, due to lack of compensable disability.

The Board has determined that the claim for payment of non-VA care provided by Fresno Community Hospital (FCH) from August 24, 2019, to August 26, 2019 should be remanded due to an error in determining whether the claim was timely filed under section 1725 or 1728 of the law.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral lung conditions should be remanded due to the need for additional development and consideration of new evidence.

The Board dismissed the appeal as the AOJ had already granted PCAFC benefits administratively, resolving the issue.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for an effective date earlier than May 14, 2019, for the awards of a TDIU and DEA benefits due to their interrelated nature with other pending appeals.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for medical development regarding the Appellant's mental state at the time of his misconduct leading to his discharge.

The Board denied entitlement to accrued benefits, DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, and service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to lack of timely filing of claims and insufficient evidence regarding the causes of death.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for a clothing allowance for calendar year 2022 is remanded due to missing records. The AOJ needs to reconstruct the record and associate all relevant clothing allowance records, including prosthetic department records.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected glomerulonephritis was granted, with the effective date being May 7, 2021.