Other conditions Board decisions

Service connection for residuals of testicular cancer and pyloric stenosis status post duodenal ulcer with outlet obstruction is granted due to exposure to burn pits during service, as provided by the PACT Act.

The Board has determined that there are errors in the decision and requires additional development to determine if the Veteran's post-micturition dribbling is related to his active-duty service, including any participation in a toxic exposure risk activity (TERA).

The Board has determined that the severance of service connection for right eye retrobulbar neuritis with amaurosis from November 17, 1999 was not properly made due to missing evidence. The Veteran's claim file does not contain all of the underlying evidence relied on by the AOJ in making this decision.

The Veteran's disability benefits were not resumed prior to April [REDACTED], 2020, due to his felony incarceration. The Board found that the release from incarceration occurred on April [REDACTED], 2020.

The Board has granted service connection for thrombocytosis, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected COPD.

The Board has identified a pre-decisional duty to assist error and is remanding the case for an adequate medical decision based on the correct statutory criteria.

The Board denied the survivor's pension claim because the appellant's net worth exceeded the statutory limit of $138,489 as of December 1, 2021.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed because the proposed discontinuance of SMC benefits based on housebound status did not constitute a final agency action, and the Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal.

Your appeal for payment or reimbursement of medical expenses from January 30, 2020 to February 12, 2020 has been dismissed because the appellant died during the pendency of this appeal.

The Board has granted service connection for muscular dystrophy, finding that the Veteran's condition was aggravated by his active service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's skin disabilities, specifically his squamous cell carcinoma and actinic keratoses. The claim is being returned for a new medical opinion.

The Board has decided that a VA examination is needed to determine if the Veteran's dyspnea is related to service, including exposure to jet fuel, exhaust, paint fumes and cleaning solvents.

The appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal before a decision was made.

The Board has granted service connection for ulcerative colitis and PSC as secondary to ulcerative colitis, finding that both conditions are related to the Veteran's active service.

The Veteran's service connection for colon cancer is granted under the PACT Act, and her claim for PTSD is denied. The case is remanded to determine if service connection can be established for colon cancer on a basis other than the PACT Act.

The Veteran's hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy are granted a 50 percent rating. The Veteran's scars, right para-median and lower abdomen/pelvis status-post hysterectomy, are denied as not compensable. The Board has remanded the issues of increased rating for service connected neurocardiogenic syncope and individual unemployability.

The Veteran seeks reimbursement for ambulance expenses incurred on January 20, 2019. The AOJ denied the claim as he is a non-service connected Veteran with income above the established low threshold or his income was not on file. The Board finds that the applicable law and regulations may have been 38 U.S.C. § 1725 and 38 C.F.R. §§ 17.1000-1008, which cover reimbursement for emergency transportation of veterans for non-service-connected conditions in non-VA facilities.

The Veteran's death was not due to willful misconduct, but the cause of death (complications of chronic alcohol abuse) is not related to service. The Board has ordered additional development to determine if the immediate cause of death is related to service.