Other conditions Board decisions

Your appeal for payment or reimbursement of medical services provided by Metro Paramedic Services on August 14, 2020 has been dismissed as your claim was granted administratively.

The Veteran's appeal for TDIU was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a urethra disability and a prostate disability, finding that there is no current evidence of these conditions related to his military service.

The Veteran's application for the PCAFC program was denied due to a lack of personal care services and supervision. The Board has decided that the denial decision is not based on valid legal criteria, and therefore, the case must be remanded.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for reinstatement in the VRE program, and thus the Board has dismissed the case.

The Board has remanded the cases due to a duty to assist error regarding the Veteran's employment status and income from June 2019 to June 2020, as well as his VA Vocational Rehabilitation records and state of Florida vocational rehabilitation program records.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death effective July 30, 2015, which is the date the appellant filed her claim. The effective date was set based on VA regulations regarding claims received within one year of a veteran's death.

The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a left inferior pubic ramus fracture are currently rated at 10 percent, effective November 30, 2015. The Board denied an initial rating in excess of this amount.

The appeal for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing has been dismissed due to the appellant's death.

The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a head injury and schizoaffective disorder, depressive type. The decision is based on the Veteran's reported in-service injuries and the presence of current disabilities that are at least as likely as not related to his military service.

The appeal for service connection of pancreatic cancer was dismissed due to the death of the appellant, as appellants' claims do not survive their deaths.

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death, and no jurisdiction remains for further action.

The Veteran is granted up to 36 months of additional educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill Program, reduced by any previously used benefits from other programs. The decision applies retroactively as of October 1, 2013.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher evaluation of residuals of head trauma, also claimed as dizziness, is dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.

The Board has remanded the cases due to incomplete information and a need for an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral leg bursitis is related to his active service.

The Board has determined that the VA examination was not conducted as per the previous remand instructions and is therefore remanded for further action.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's saliva stone was not caused by the January 2011 VA colonoscopy and subsequent medical interventions, and therefore denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.

The Board has granted service connection for unexplained chronic multi-symptom illnesses involving fasciculations and tremors of the facial muscles, upper extremities, and lower extremities. The Veteran's symptoms are not explained by a current diagnosis.

The Board has granted the Veteran's motion to vacate the April 2020 denial of higher ratings for emphysema with residuals of bilateral collapsed lung surgery (spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax) in excess of 10 percent, prior to May 16, 2019; and in excess of 30 percent thereafter. The issue is remanded for further development.

The Board has remanded the claims for higher ratings for bilateral hip disabilities due to insufficient evidence and need for additional medical opinions.