Other conditions decisions — 2024

The Board has decided that the claim for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical expenses incurred as a result of the Veteran's treatment in June 2020 is remanded due to incorrect SSN and period of service.

Your appeal has been dismissed because your claim for payment of non-VA medical services was approved by VA.

The Veteran's claims for payment or reimbursement of beneficiary travel expenses incurred on various dates in 2023 have been remanded due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board dismissed the appeal of the denial of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death as the claim has been granted in a subsequent rating decision.

The Veteran's eligibility for enrollment in VA healthcare is being remanded due to incomplete service records. The Board will seek additional information from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) regarding his Army Reserve service.

The Board has dismissed the appeal as the AOJ administratively approved payment for medical expenses incurred by Christian Hospital.

The Veteran's combined disability rating is now at 100%, and he is receiving SMC at the housebound rate. Therefore, his TDIU claim for the period prior to December 12, 2022, has been dismissed as moot.

The Board has determined that the notification of the decision was legally inadequate and there is a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The case is being remanded for an adequate medical decision regarding eligibility for PCAFC benefits.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services provided by the appellant on December 31, 2016 is dismissed as the episode of care was timely filed and approved under VA policy.

The Veteran's spouse and children were restored to his award of VA disability compensation, effective June 1, 2011. The appeal is dismissed as there are no remaining issues for appellate review.

The Veteran's child, W., was denied additional dependency compensation from November 8, 2018 to August 26, 2019 as the claim for school-aged child benefits was filed over a year after his 18th birthday.

The Veteran's claim for service connection regarding gingival recession and localized horizontal bone loss, buccal and distal teeth 18 and 31, is being remanded due to the need for a supplemental medical opinion on whether the wisdom tooth extraction during service was performed according to the standard of care (negligently).

The Veteran's ulcers, H. pylori, gastritis, duodenitis, and ulcerative colitis are not considered to be caused by VA over-prescription of Ibuprofen.

The Veteran's service-connected prostate disorder and increased urinary frequency are denied as there is no evidence linking these conditions to his active duty service or in-service exposure to herbicide agents.,Service connection for TDIU is granted due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities making it impossible for him to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran is granted a rating of 10 percent for left hip flexion, extension, and rotation/abduction limited by pain; right hip flexion, extension, and rotation/abduction limited by pain. The Veteran's service connection claim for his hip disabilities was decided on the merits.

The Board has remanded the issue of a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of left epididymectomy and requested that VA attempt to obtain private urology records. The SMC claim based on loss of use of a creative organ is granted.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a new examination and for VA treatment records, as well as potential procedural issues related to the reduction of her rating.

The Veteran's cause of death, multisystem organ failure due to severe congestive heart failure (CHF), is not related to service or a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for right foot gout was granted in a March 2024 rating decision, and the appeal is dismissed as moot.

The appeal for service connection of pulmonary fibrosis, claimed as interstitial lung disease, has been dismissed due to the appellant's death.