Other conditions decisions — 2024

The Veteran's insomnia was diagnosed during active duty and continues to cause him symptoms, leading to the grant of service connection.

The Board has determined that the AOJ needs to clarify whether payment for home health and/or homemaker services provided on specific dates was awarded. If not, they need to review the appellant's argument about timely submission of claims.

The Board has granted service connection for paraplegia as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected renal cell carcinoma.

The Board found that the removal of R.F. as the Veteran's fiduciary was proper due to her failure to submit a satisfactory accounting for the period June 6, 2018 to June 5, 2019.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for accrued benefits as she did not qualify as a child and there was insufficient evidence of expenses incurred by her to support reimbursement for the surviving spouse's last sickness and burial.

The Board dismissed the appeal as it was premature to consider whether new and relevant evidence had been received for the liver disability claim, which remained pending under the Legacy system. The alcohol abuse claim was denied because it is already considered in the service-connected PTSD rating.

The Board has remanded the case due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error, specifically regarding the Appellant's petition to reopen her burial allowance claim. The AOJ needs to adjudicate this issue and provide the decision and notice of the decision.

The Board dismissed the appeal for retroactive payment of Concurrent Retired Disability Pay (CRDP) as the Veteran requested to withdraw the appeal.

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

The Board has granted an award of additional compensation benefits based on the Veteran's mother being his dependent parent for VA purposes, as her expenses exceeded her income.

The Veteran's appeals for compensable ratings for his right hip conditions have been dismissed as the Veteran requested to withdraw them.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection of a right hand disorder, attributing it to another service-connected disability. The RO failed to obtain an examination regarding this issue.

The Veteran's alternating exotropia, with mild bilateral nuclear sclerosis and bilateral stationary peripheral pterygium, results in a noncompensable disability rating due to the absence of impairment of central visual acuity or constant diplopia.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertensive retinopathy and secondary service connection for hypertension. The Board found that there is no evidence to support a nexus between the Veteran's current condition and his military service.

The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal for claw foot and chronic conjunctivitis/chronic dry eye, leading the Board to dismiss the case.

Your claim for individual unemployability (TDIU) has been granted, effective November 23, 2019. The appeal is dismissed as moot since the issue was resolved in your favor.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral flat foot was granted effective August 20, 2020. The Board found that an earlier effective date is not warranted.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for Guillain-Barre syndrome due to a VA-provided influenza vaccination in October 2007 was denied because the evidence did not establish that VA's care caused his disability, and informed consent was properly obtained.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for radiation exposure, finding no current disability linked to his in-service exposure.

The Veteran's Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is remanded for further review due to the need for a supplemental medical opinion regarding its onset and whether it was aggravated by service.