Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has dismissed the appeal as there is no longer a case or controversy for decision since VHA overturned its initial denial and approved the non-VA medical care provided by ASC on November 24, 2020.

The Board has dismissed the appeals regarding increased ratings for right hip thigh impairment, right hip limitation of flexion, and right hip limitation of extension as the Veteran's attorney representative withdrew the appeal.

Your appeal has been dismissed because the VA approved payment for your medical services provided on February 11, 2020.

The Board has dismissed the appeal as the claim for payment of non-VA medical expenses provided on December 7, 2020, has been fully granted and paid by VA.

The Board has decided to remand both issues related to the overpayment of VA compensation benefits: the validity of the debt and the request for waiver. The validity issue involves a challenge to the date of divorce, while the waiver issue requires consideration of whether there was sole administrative error in creating the overpayment.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a genitourinary condition, to include erectile dysfunction, and a neurological condition, to include headaches, have been granted.,New evidence received after the denial of these claims has established that the conditions had their onset during active duty.

The appeal is dismissed as the AOJ administratively approved the Appellant's claim for payment of non-VA emergency medical services provided on November 9, 2019.

Your appeal has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The Board cannot issue a decision on your claims as they are no longer pending.

The appeal is dismissed as the administrative action for the entire episode of care has resolved the issue in favor of the Veteran.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and for further development regarding travel reimbursement claims.

The Veteran's service-connected status post fascial defect of the right lower extremity has been rated as 10 percent, 20 percent, and 30 percent disabling since November 14, 2013. The appeal is denied for ratings in excess of these levels.

The Board has determined that there were errors in the duty to assist and requires additional development for a VA examination related to the Veteran's claim of service connection for superior semicircular canal dehiscence.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date of October 22, 2002 for the award of service connection for splenectomy. The Veteran's claim was filed within one year of his separation from active service and he did not receive the April 2004 rating decision due to it being sent to a nonexistent address.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for back and eye disorders was denied because the Decision Review Request: Higher-Level Review (VA Form 20-0996) received on March 23, 2021, is untimely.

The Veteran's stable angina resulted in chronic congestive heart failure, which is now rated at the highest disability level (100%) since May 2020.

The appeal is dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The Board cannot issue a decision on the underlying claim at this time.

The Board has dismissed the appeal as the claim for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services provided on January 8, 2020, by South Florida Oral & Maxiofacial Surgery was approved.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to December 21, 2018 based on a clear and unmistakable error in a November 17, 2017 rating decision that did not consider her claim of total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU). The Board found no CUE.

The Board has granted an effective date of April 3, 2017, for the Veteran's 10 percent rating for his fractured fourth toe of the right foot.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services provided by the appellant on October 31, 2019, January 24, 2020, and January 28, 2020 as they were processed according to VA policy.