Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for left side chest pain and burning sensation to bilateral fingertips due to inadequate medical opinions in prior examinations.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for recurrent anemia is remanded due to the need for a VA examination and additional medical records.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for his thoracic back condition, including scoliosis and Schmorl's nodes. The case is being returned to the RO for further development, specifically an addendum VA examination by a clinician who will address whether the Veteran's conditions were clearly and unmistakably preexisting at the time of entry into service or as likely as not acquired during service.

The Veteran's claim for bilateral optic atrophy was reopened and granted, with service connection established based on new evidence showing a link between in-service exposure to diesel exhaust and/or low oxygen levels and the current condition.

The Veteran's right great toe injury was previously rated at 10%, but is now rated at 20% effective from November 13, 2021.

The Veteran's right foot condition has been rated at 10 percent since June 29, 2011. The Board found that the disability is most analogous to a moderate foot injury and denied an increased rating.

The Board has found that the Veteran's service connection claim for pancreatic cancer is granted due to presumed exposure at Camp LeJeune. However, his secondary service connection claim for periampullary cancer (claimed as stomach cancer) remains pending and requires additional medical opinions.

The appeal was dismissed because the appellant requested to withdraw his appeal.

The Board has dismissed the appeal regarding whether a March 2017 substantive appeal was timely received. The case is now remanded for consideration of new evidence related to an earlier effective date for service connection for cause of death.

Your appeal has been dismissed because the appellant died during the pendency of this case. The claim is not about service connection, so there's nothing for us to decide.

The Board has determined that the procedural requirements for reducing the Veteran's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma disability rating were met, but there is evidence suggesting ongoing treatment and residual effects. The reduction was by operation of law under the applicable VA regulations.

The Board found that the appellant's discharge was due to willful and persistent misconduct, which is a bar to VA benefits. The appeal for compensation benefits has been denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and requests for private treatment records.

The Veteran's dry eye syndrome, associated with his service-connected right eye erosion, is now rated at a higher 10 percent.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal through his representative, and the Board dismissed it.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's brain tumor and residuals of partial left front resection, finding that reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran's claim has been resolved.

The Veteran's cause of death was caused by a cardiac conduction defect, which the Board found to be proximately caused by VA's failure to exercise reasonable care. The appeal for service connection for this condition is granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal because his substantive appeal was untimely filed, and he did not provide good cause for an extension of time.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evaluation of the Veteran's right foot disability and its relationship to VA treatment.