Other conditions Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a skin disability has been dismissed due to their passing before the decision was issued.

The Board has found a duty to assist error and remanded the case for further examination and opinion regarding whether the Veteran's sterility is secondary to his service-connected PTSD with alcohol use disorder.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for angioedema and urticaria due to VA treatment from January 2017 to May 2017 is denied. Service connection for angioedema as secondary to a service-connected cervical spine disability is granted.

The Board has remanded the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to February 22, 2020 due to failure to complete mandated development of the Veteran's Social Security Administration earnings history.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and need for a new opinion regarding the Veteran's eye condition.

The Board has granted service connection for a fracture of the right sternoclavicular joint, finding that it was aggravated during military service.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical care was granted in 2023, but she did not resubmit her claim to receive payment. The appeal is now moot.

The Board has remanded the case due to unclear responses from federal records and potential violations of VA's duty to assist in obtaining such records. The Veteran is asked to provide additional information about her exposure claims and participation in a Toxic Exposure Risk Activity.

The Veteran's head and neck cancer, diagnosed as mammary analogue secretory carcinoma, was not incurred in service and is not presumed to have been incurred in service. The Board denied the claim for service connection.

The Veteran did not reasonably discharge his duty of support for the appellant during the appeal period, and a general apportionment in the amount of 20 percent of his VA disability compensation benefits is granted to the appellant on behalf of their minor children.

The Veteran's attorney is not eligible for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a September 29, 2022, rating decision. The appeal has been dismissed as moot due to a subsequent fee decision.

The Board has remanded the case due to a predecisional duty to assist error regarding infertility, which is related to an in-service multifocal high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion. The Veteran's infertility may be linked to her service history and should be reviewed by a clinician.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error in the November 2022 VA examination, which did not consider the presumption of soundness. A new VA examination is needed.

The Board dismissed the appeal for entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as the appellant requested withdrawal of his appeal.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left foot condition and left quadriceps strain, finding that there is at least an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding these conditions and their causality to service.

The Veteran's daughter is granted entitlement to nonservice-connected burial benefits, but not for a plot/interment allowance or transportation expenses.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's peripheral artery disease, finding that it is proximately due to his service-connected hypertension.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right eye disability, including cortical cataracts, finding that there is no evidence showing an in-service injury or disease and concluding that the Veteran's condition is not related to his time in service.

The Board found that the overpayment of housing allowance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill was not properly created, thus dismissing the appeal for a waiver of recovery.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left elbow chronic tenosynovitis as there is no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and his military service.