Other conditions Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for migraine headaches and rectal sphincter spasm, as well as her claims for service connection for vaginitis with vulvodynia/dyspareunia and female sexual arousal disorder, are granted effective September 28, 2013.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities became effective on September 1, 2017. His first compensation payment was made on October 1, 2017.

The Veteran's CLL was rated as asymptomatic and Rai Stage 0, which does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 7703.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence of a current right forearm or left forearm disability at any time during the pendency of the claim. The Veteran's claims for service connection are therefore denied.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to errors in creating and calculating the overpayment of pension benefits. The Appellant challenges both the validity of the debt creation and whether VA acted solely as an administrative error.

The appeal is dismissed because the non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran on June 11, 2020 have already been paid by VHA.

The Board dismissed the appeal because it does not have jurisdiction to review the claim for payment of non-VA medical services provided by Pulmonary Medicine Associates.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's metastatic adenocarcinoma is related to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents, including Agent Orange. As a result, service connection for this condition is granted.

The Board has decided that further development is needed to determine the Veteran's employment history, which is relevant to his claim for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU). The case is being remanded to allow for this additional information.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an extension of his delimiting date for Chapter 33 education benefits, stating that he did not meet the criteria for an extension due to a physical or mental disability preventing him from initiating or completing his program of education.

The Board has decided that additional VA educational assistance benefits in excess of 22 months and 8 days under the Transfer of Entitlement provisions of Chapter 33 need to be remanded due to incomplete records.

The Board has remanded the issues of increased rating for PUD with IBS, service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and service connection for tinnitus due to failure of the Veteran to attend a VA examination.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to May 7, 2015.

The Veteran's right knee disability, including a total knee arthroplasty from January 1, 2019, is rated at 60 percent and denied for increased ratings. The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's Osgood-Schlatter's Disease of the bilateral knees is rated at 10 percent each, and no higher. The Board has remanded for further development regarding service connection for other conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased disability evaluation for his fractured ulna and radius of the left elbow, status-post ORIF, currently rated as 10 percent disabling.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's hair loss condition, specifically related to his exposure to toxic herbicide agents during service.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for actinic keratosis due to in-service herbicide exposure, finding that his current diagnosis is etiologically related to his in-service exposure.

The Board has determined that the VA medical opinion is inadequate and requires further remand to obtain a new opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's bilateral hip disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development and lack of review of all relevant documents, including conflicting TERA memos.