Other conditions Board decisions

The Board dismissed the appeal as the claim was resolved in favor of the Veteran through administrative action, and he is now receiving the benefit sought.

The appeal has been resolved in full by administrative action and is dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA compensation benefits in the amount of $3,149.82 due to fault on the part of the Veteran and no indication of undue hardship or unjust enrichment.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a potential invalid overpayment and will require further review by the AOJ.

The Board has remanded the case due to an error in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty related to the PACT Act. The Veteran's prostate disorder, including benign prostate hypertrophy, needs to be evaluated for potential connection to his active service and toxic exposure risk activities.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma did not begin during service, is not related to in-service asbestos exposure or chemical exposure, and therefore does not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Board has granted the Veteran's request for a waiver of overpayment in the amount of $10,241.00 due to retroactive termination of non-service-connected pension benefits.

The Veteran's request for an extension of her delimiting date for Chapter 30 educational assistance benefits beyond January 22, 2022 is denied. The Board found that the evidence did not clearly establish that she was prevented from initiating or completing a program of education due to a physical or mental disability.

The Board has dismissed the appeal as it is governed by statutory and contractual authority that creates a dispute process with no review by the Board, specifically related to payment for non-VA dental services provided under a Veterans Care Agreement (VCA).

The Board found that the Veteran did not reasonably discharge his responsibility for supporting dependent children A.L.S. and R.N.S., and awarded an apportionment of $700 per month to their mother, R.S., on behalf of the children. The Veteran's appeal to terminate this apportionment was denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity edema is caused by his service-connected hypertension, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's cause of death was not service-connected due to the lack of evidence linking his conditions to military service, including exposure to herbicides. The Board found that the Veteran did not have a compensable disability at the time of discharge and that his conditions were not otherwise related to service.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a stroke has been dismissed due to their passing away during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error, requiring an addendum medical opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed insomnia.

The Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 100 percent for ALS with loss of use of bilateral lower extremities was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for payment of non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical expenses incurred on January 23, 2021 due to a lack of VA authorization for such services.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of radiating pain in left leg due to a duty to assist error. The case is being sent back for further examination and medical opinion.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for urinary tract infection, anonychia of the nails, and dermatophytosis involving the nails have been denied. The claim for chronic abdominal pain is being remanded.,There is no record of any nail anomaly during the timeframe under review in this appeal.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding earlier effective dates for Dependents' Educational Assistance and TDIU.

The Board granted the appellant's request to have his beginning date for Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits as September 9, 2019. The decision is based on a mailing error by VA that led to the incorrect address of the November 2020 Certificate of Eligibility.