Other conditions decisions — 2024

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for recurrent cyst, mandible, post operative with bone loss and graft and loss of sensation, left mandible due to errors in providing notice of his right to a hearing prior to issuance of the initial decision by the AOJ.

The Veteran's lipomas and angiolipomas are remanded for further development, including obtaining service personnel records and verifying in-service exposure to radiation. An addendum opinion is needed from a different examiner to address the etiology of the lipomas and angiolipomas, as well as their relationship to service.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for his TDIU was dismissed because the AOJ determined that a supplemental claim filed after the Board had placed the appeal on its Direct Review docket was not timely.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for Lewy body dementia because it has not been considered by the AOJ in the first instance.

The Board has determined that the decision regarding personal care services is legally inadequate and requires a more detailed and thoroughly explained medical opinion.

The Veteran withdrew her claim for travel expenses reimbursement, and the appeal is dismissed.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal before a decision was made.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the addition of his spouse, H., and children, M., C., and E., to his VA disability compensation award was denied.,There is no evidence that the Veteran or VA received notice of their births within one year of those events.

Your appeal has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Veteran's benign neoplasm of the brain stem, left upper extremity impairment, and left lower extremity impairment are all found to be service connected. The Veteran's symptoms were aggravated by exposure to toxic materials during his military service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of TIA and dementia is being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding whether these conditions are aggravated by his service-connected stomach conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) is remanded due to the need for a medical opinion regarding his exposure to herbicides and pesticides during service. The case will be reviewed again after obtaining this information.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a pre-decisional error in not obtaining an opinion regarding secondary service connection for meningioma. The Veteran's contention that his meningioma is due to radiation treatment for his service-connected prostate cancer was considered, and the examiner should address direct service connection.

The appeal for payment of non-VA expenses incurred on December 18, 2019, and March 5, 2020 is dismissed as the Veteran has already received the benefit sought.

The Board has determined that there was a pre-decisional duty to assist error and remanded the case for obtaining the underlying warrant and NCIC offense code reflecting the nature of the Veteran's arrest warrants.

The Board dismissed the appeal as the non-VA medical services provided by Amerimed Emergency Medical Services on April 7, 2019 were administratively reviewed and approved. The claimant is now in receipt of the benefit sought.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 80 percent for nephrosclerosis was denied, and the claim for TDIU was also denied. The effective date for the TDIU award is March 16, 2022.

The Veteran's skin disorder, seborrheic keratosis, was granted service connection as it had an initial onset during active service and has been continuous since then.

The Board has decided to remand the claim for TDIU due to unclear educational and employment history, lack of specific request for private medical records, and insufficient combined effects examination. Clarification is needed regarding the Veteran's education and employment background, as well as obtaining treatment records from his private doctors.

The Veteran's appeal for a nonservice-connected pension was dismissed due to his death before the decision could be made.