Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for infectious mononucleosis and right thumb strain, as well as his claim for TDIU. The issues are being remanded due to procedural errors in the rating decisions.

The Veteran has withdrawn her appeals regarding the termination of entitlement to TDIU and the proposal to withhold compensation payments to recoup Net Separation Pay.

The Veteran appeals the proration of tuition and fees due to a mid-semester delimiting date. The Board finds a remand is necessary as there are missing educational records.

The Veteran's stomach digestive condition and skin/rash condition are granted service connection as the evidence is approximately balanced in favor of finding that these conditions began during service and continue to this day, establishing a causal link.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, where the Committee on Waivers and Compromises did not determine the validity of the debt prior to issuing its waiver denial. The Board finds that correction of this error raises a reasonable possibility of aiding in substantiating the Veteran's claim.

The Veteran's service-connected muscular strain of the right paraspinal muscles is granted at a 40 percent rating, which is the highest available under Diagnostic Code 5320. The Board also remanded for further development regarding entitlement to TDIU.

The Veteran's claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with depressed mood is being remanded due to a duty to assist error. The Board cannot consider evidence submitted after the June 2023 supplemental claim decision, but any such evidence will be considered by VA in the adjudication of this claim.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and therefore denied entitlement to service connection for cause of death.

The appeal is dismissed because the claim was not adjudicated by VA and should be submitted to the Third Party Administrator.

The Board has determined that the VA examination opinions are inadequate and remands the case for further clarification regarding the Veteran's skin conditions, including basal cell carcinomas of skin and actinic keratosis.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right foot disability, status post right foot contusion with residual pain, is likely related to his in-service injury and has granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's somatic symptom disorder resulted in occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency, but not to the level required for a higher rating. The appeal is denied.

The Veteran's somatic symptom disorder resulted in occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency, but not to the level required for a higher rating. The appeal is denied.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for left patellofemoral pain syndrome is granted with an effective date of June 10, 2019.

The appeal seeking payment or reimbursement for the cost of medical services performed on September 9, 2020 by Associates in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery has been dismissed as the claim was approved and paid.

The Board has dismissed the appeal as an AMA claim for a retroactive waiver of the recoupment of the debt arising from the overpayment ensuing from a retroactive removal of R.E.G. from the Veteran's VA account, due to the AOJ inadvertently qualifying it as such and returning the challenges to the propriety of the creation of his overpayment debt to the Board.

The Veteran's claim for beneficiary travel payment for travel expenses incurred for a May 10, 2023, medical appointment was denied because the application was not received within 30 days after completion of the travel.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's eligibility for benefits under VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) was denied in an April 20, 2022 decision. However, a December 2023 memorandum from the Caregiver Support Program indicates that the original decision was February 20, 2020 and that benefits were granted on August 18, 2022. The Board finds remands necessary to develop the record as some adjudicational materials are missing.

The Veteran's appeal regarding his claim for service connection for a bunion of the right foot has been dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Veteran's HSV-2 was not found to meet the criteria for a compensable rating, as it did not involve more than five percent of her total body or exposed areas affected by characteristic lesions and she was not taking systemic therapy.