Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has ordered the Veteran's periods of incarceration to be verified by CDOC and remanded for recalculation of overpayment amount. The Veteran is advised that his waiver claim will not automatically return to the Board.

The Board has determined that there is a pre-decisional error regarding the fee agreement between the Veteran and the appellant. The decision is being remanded to correct this issue.

The Veteran's heart disability, characterized by a workload of 5.1 -7 METs resulting in fatigue during activities, warrants a 30 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Diseases of the Heart.

The Veteran's cause of death, neoplasm of pharynx, is related to conceded in-service exposure to herbicide agents. The appeal for DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 is dismissed as moot.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of medical services provided by Barnes Jewish Hospital from October 15, 2017, through October 23, 2017, has been dismissed as the full cost was administratively approved and paid/reimbursed in full.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left foot disabilities, including jungle rot. The case is being returned to the RO for further development.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of beneficiary travel expenses incurred on March 17, 2020, was dismissed as the claim has been approved and processed according to VA policy.

The Veteran's claims for cellulitis of the right leg and dermatophytosis and onychomycosis of the bilateral toenails have been readjudicated due to new evidence. The claims are granted.

The Board dismissed the appeal as the proposed withholding of VA benefits due to incarceration was not yet finalized and there is no longer a justiciable case or controversy.

Your appeal has been dismissed because your claim for payment of non-VA dental services was approved by VA.

The Veteran withdrew his claims for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation, thus the appeals are dismissed.

The Veteran is granted a 10% disability rating for loss of sense of smell, effective March 4, 2017. The Board found that the earlier effective date should be March 4, 2017, as opposed to August 7, 2019.

The appeal is dismissed as the claim for payment of non-VA emergency medical services provided on December 28, 2019, has been resolved by administrative action.

The Board has granted service connection for von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, finding that the condition first manifested during active duty and is a congenital disease. Service connection was denied for a fatigue disability due to lack of evidence of a distinct current disability.

The Board dismissed the appeal as the AOJ had already approved payment for medical expenses incurred by a private provider on July 12, 2019.

The Veteran's child, V.L., was awarded additional dependency benefits for her full-time school attendance from June 17, 2017 to August 20, 2017. The Board found that the criteria were met and granted the appeal.

The Veteran's death precludes initial eligibility for PCAFC benefits, leading to the denial of the appeal.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a head injury is dismissed due to the failure to timely file a VA Form 10182, and good cause has not been presented.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the lack of a decision from which this appeal stems, and for failing to provide proper notice as required by law. The AOJ must associate with the record the original May 2022 denial letter and issue the Veteran a new decision that includes citation to any internal guidance or other authority relied upon to support the conclusion that clinical training taken as part of degree program does not qualify for the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is related to his active duty service and granted service connection for this condition.