Other conditions decisions — 2024

The Veteran's service-connected atrial fibrillation is rated at a 10 percent disability level, effective August 8, 2018. The Board found that the symptoms most nearly approximated permanent atrial fibrillation (lone atrial fibrillation), warranting this rating.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to a lack of evidence showing an additional disability, claimed as 'disaphobia', caused by VA medical care in August and September 2007.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Veteran's residuals of a left foot injury are rated at 20 percent, but no higher, for the entire appeal period.

The Board denied the Appellant's request to be recognized as a substituted claimant for her deceased father, finding that she does not meet the VA statutory or regulatory definition of a child.

The Board has decided to remand both claims of compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for residuals of heart surgery and ulnar nerve damage due to inadequate medical opinions, requiring new evaluations.

The Veteran's bilateral posterior tibial tendonitis is granted as service connected. The Board found new and relevant evidence sufficient to readjudicate the claim, including a private provider's opinion linking her current condition to military service.

The Board has granted an apportionment of the Veteran's VA benefits to the Appellant on behalf of herself and her minor children, Z.P. and E.P., as she was not residing with him during the claim period and he did not reasonably discharge his responsibility for their support.

Your appeal for payment of non-VA medical services has been resolved in your favor as the VA approved the expenses. The appeal is dismissed.

The Board has determined that the termination of dependency allowance for the Veteran's former spouse was proper as he no longer qualified as her dependent spouse after his divorce. The appeal is denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for bladder and bowel incontinence due to a service-connected lumbosacral strain. The case is being returned for further development, including obtaining an adequate medical opinion.

The appellant has withdrawn her appeal regarding the issue of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, and this matter is dismissed.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for chronic lymphocytic leukemia has been dismissed due to his death. The Board does not have jurisdiction to proceed with the case as he passed away during the pendency of the appeal.

The Veteran's surviving spouse has withdrawn her appeals for nonservice-connected burial benefits and reimbursement for transportation expenses for burial, which have already been granted.

The Veteran's appeal for additional VR&E benefits and an extension of time to pursue a Ph.D. in Psychology has been dismissed as there is no longer a case or controversy over which the Board may exercise jurisdiction.

The Board has granted an initial 20 percent rating for the corn of the Veteran's left foot, finding that it meets the criteria under Diagnostic Code 7804 (scars) due to pain and instability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's right phrenic nerve injury, which occurred during a VA cardiac ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation (AFib), is an additional disability caused by and proximately due to the carelessness or negligence of VA in providing medical treatment. The event was not reasonably foreseeable.

The Board has granted the claim for service connection for CMML due to herbicide and/or toxic chemical exposure, as new evidence submitted post-2021 denial supports this conclusion.

The Veteran's daughter is not eligible for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits because she was over the age of 26 when her father's basic eligibility to DEA benefits was established, and she did not meet other eligibility criteria.