Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the eligibility for PCAFC benefits should be reconsidered based on new evidence provided after the initial decision. The AOJ must consider all relevant evidence, including recent medical records indicating the Veteran's need for assistance with daily activities.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's right leg varicose veins and obesity. The VA needs to provide a detailed opinion on whether the service-connected left leg varicose veins caused the Veteran's obesity, what caused the obesity, and the baseline severity of the right leg varicose veins without aggravating effects.

The Board found that the Veteran did not file a timely VA Form 9 to the January 18, 2018, SOC and denied the appeal as to the timeliness of the VA Form 9.

The Board has found a pre-decisional duty to assist error and remanded the case due to the need for an opinion on whether the Veteran's squamous cell carcinoma was caused by his conceded herbicide agent exposure while serving in Vietnam.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of unspecified trauma and other stressor disorder is remanded due to the failure to provide proper notice regarding a scheduled VA examination, which could affect the evaluation process.

The Veteran's medical expenses from August 1, 2019 to August 11, 2019 at Navicent Health Baldwin were denied because the appellant did not submit a claim within Medicare's specified time limits.

The Veteran withdrew her appeals for service connection of bilateral eye sensitivity to light, loss of sex drive, and skeletal arthritis.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's left arm disability, specifically her claimed acromioclavicular joint arthritis and reflex sympathetic dystrophy (CRPS).

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, finding that it is due to herbicide agent exposure during his service at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB in Thailand.

The Board denied the motion for revision based on clear and unmistakable error of the December 3, 2012, Rating Decision and denied a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from January 28, 2021.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for colon cancer is granted under the PACT Act, but his claim for service connection on a basis other than the PACT Act is remanded.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the awards of compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 and SMC based on aid and attendance, finding no legal entitlement to such earlier dates.

The appeal for establishing the appellant as the Veteran's surviving spouse and entitlement to VA death benefits was dismissed due to lack of response within 60 days after the Board requested clarification on a review option.

The appeal is dismissed as the AOJ administratively approved the claim for payment of non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran from September 2, 2019, to September 5, 2019.

The Board dismissed the appeal as the VA had already approved and paid for the non-VA dental care provided by Ocala Oral Surgery on October 15, 2020.

Your claim for service connection for leukemia has been granted, but the issue is dismissed as moot since a full grant of the benefit sought on appeal has already occurred.

The Veteran's laryngeal cancer residuals are rated at 10 percent, but the Board found no evidence of functional impairment warranting a higher rating.

The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's right elbow arthritis, which was previously not addressed in her case. The claim will be remanded for this purpose.

The Board denied the claim of entitlement to burial or internment in a VA national cemetery as the decedent did not have active military service and was not disabled from an injury incurred during ACDUTRA/INACDUTRA.

The Board has remanded the case due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring the RO to obtain a new VA opinion on the nature and etiology of the Veteran's respiratory illness(es).