Other conditions Board decisions

The Veteran's overpayment of $3,478.03 for education benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill is remanded due to incomplete records and unclear calculation of the debt.

The Board has remanded the case due to errors in the duty to assist and insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral shoulder disabilities. The Veteran is seeking service connection for these disabilities, which she contends are related to her active-duty service or her service-connected knee condition.

The Veteran's low back disability is granted a 40% rating. The initial compensable ratings for hysterectomy and hysterectomy scar are denied, as well as the effective dates for service connection for these conditions. The Veteran also has an increased rating for herpes, but no earlier effective date was granted.

The Board dismissed the appeal as it does not have jurisdiction to decide the appeal due to the nature of the underlying statutory authority.

Your appeal for payment of non-VA medical care provided on December 7, 2020 has been resolved by an administrative action. The claim was approved and the benefit sought in this appeal is now granted.

The Board has dismissed the appeal for payment of medical services provided by a non-VA healthcare provider on September 8, 2019, as the process for billing and payment is governed by contractual authority that does not allow for review by the Board.

Your appeal has been dismissed because the VA approved payment for your emergency medical services provided on February 23, 2020. You can file a separate appeal if you disagree with the amount paid.

The appeal for a TDIU is dismissed as the benefits were fully granted in April 2023. The claim for service connection for obesity is denied because obesity is not considered a disability for which VA compensation can be provided.

The appeal is dismissed as the claim for payment of non-VA medical services provided on November 19, 2020, was administratively approved and payment issued.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's heart condition, including atrial fibrillation and atrioventricular (AV) block, is related to service. The decision grants service connection for these conditions.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the June 2021 notification action was not a final rating decision, and thus no appealable rating decision existed for the Board to adjudicate.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's eligibility for PCAFC benefits was incorrectly denied, and thus the case is being remanded to provide proper notice and a new medical determination.

The Veteran's former spouse, B., was removed from his compensation award effective December 14, 2001. The Board finds that this decision is based on a pre-decisional error in VA's duty to assist and requires further investigation into the date of the divorce between the Veteran and B.

The Board has determined that the July 2021 medical opinion is inadequate and remands the case for a new examination to determine if the Veteran's current chest pain is etiologically related to service.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to his death during the appeal process.

The Veteran's surviving daughter is not eligible to receive a one-time payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund for purposes of accrued benefits.

The Board has determined that the reduction of the Veteran's disability rating from 100 percent to non-compensable for his service-connected non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was proper, as the cancer is in remission and no active disease or recurrence was present.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinions and a need for further examination. The Veteran's claim of compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1151 for aggravation of herpes zoster is being reviewed, with an emphasis on determining if VA carelessness or negligence caused any additional disability.

The Board has determined that additional development is required to correct a duty to assist error and remand the claims of entitlement to service connection for right and left upper extremity tremors.

The Veteran's unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder is productive of occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood. The Board has granted an increased initial 70 percent disability rating for this condition.