Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for right-hand sprain and remanded issues related to initial ratings for various hand conditions.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a vision disability, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his in-service exposure to welding light and flash burns and his current visual disorders.

The Veteran's adult children, L.R. and G.R., were found to have not become permanently incapable of self-support prior to attaining the age of 18 due to myotonic dystrophy.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error, requiring an additional VA medical opinion regarding the cause of the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted with an effective date of January 18, 2019.

The Veteran's appeal is denied as he did not provide proof of his child's existence within one year of the birth, despite VA's efforts to notify him. The earliest effective date for dependency benefits is September 1, 2021.

The Veteran's appeal regarding the removal of his school-aged dependent E.J.P. was denied as no response was received to a request for verification of ongoing eligibility.

Your appeal has been dismissed because the VA AOJ administratively approved your claim for payment of medical services provided by Associates in Pathology, S.C. on June 25, 2019.

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death, and no service connection issues were decided.

The case is being remanded due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error, specifically regarding the adequacy of the medical decision made by the Centralized Eligibility and Appeals Team (CEAT). The Board finds that the CEAT's review does not meet legal requirements for an adequate medical opinion.

The Veteran objects to the reduction of his nonservice-connected pension benefits, arguing that VA did not accurately consider his unreimbursed medical expenses in his income calculation. The Board is remanding the case due to an error in satisfying its duty to afford the requested informal conference hearing prior to issuing the December 2021 HLR decision.

The Veteran requested to withdraw her appeal for TDIU, and the Board has dismissed the case as a result.

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death, and no service connection issues were decided.

The Veteran's child was born with spina bifida and the Board denied an earlier effective date for benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1822.

The Veteran's claim for beneficiary travel benefits was denied due to income exceeding the low-income threshold. The Board has ordered remand to obtain updated information regarding the Veteran's and his spouse's 2024 income and medical expenses.

The Veteran's son requested a review of the February 2021 decision granting special monthly pension based on need for aid and attendance. However, as the Veteran died prior to Board adjudication, the appeal is dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction.

The Board has decided that the appellant's income exceeds the limit for entitlement to survivor's pension benefits as a surviving child, without reaching the question of whether he satisfied the criteria of having been permanently incapable of self-support prior to attaining the age of 18. The appeal is remanded to determine the type and amount of SSA benefits the appellant has received during the pertinent period.

The Veteran's death benefits claim for DIC is remanded due to the lack of awareness regarding a possible common law marriage before his ceremonial marriage, which could affect the validity of their relationship.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the Veteran's Notice of Disagreement was filed more than one year after the AOJ decision, which is a mandatory requirement. The Veteran did not provide good cause for this delay.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for payment of non-VA medical services provided by Home Instead Senior Care on March 2, 2020, April 3, 2020, and July 3, 2020 as these matters are governed by statutory and contractual authority that does not allow for review by the Board.