Other conditions Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with depressed mood is currently rated at 50 percent, effective October 27, 2020. The claim for a higher rating prior to that date and thereafter remains denied.

The Veteran's adult daughter is seeking recognition as a child due to permanent incapacity or self-support prior to reaching age 18. The appeal is remanded for further evidence regarding her marital history and whether she was permanently incapable of self-support before the age of 18.

The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal regarding the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The Board dismissed the appeal as it is not in dispute.

The Board dismissed the appeal for entitlement to surviving spouse status for purposes of claiming Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) as the Appellant requested a withdrawal of her appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral foot gout, finding that there was no in-service injury or disease related to gout and no evidence of a nexus between the current condition and military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's interstitial lung disease is related to his in-service exposure to sulfuric acid, and service connection for this disability is granted.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the skin disability claim, so it is dismissed.

The Veteran's benefits were previously partially granted for the period between April 10, 2010 and September 27, 2010. The Board denied the claim of entitlement to an apportionment of the Veteran’s VA disability compensation benefits for the period following September 27, 2010.

The Board denied an increased apportionment of the Veteran's VA pension benefits, finding that it would cause undue financial hardship for the Veteran.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's scrotal area epidermal inclusion cyst, finding that the condition did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.

The Board found that the overpayment of $2,184.00 was properly created due to an error in calculating benefits for a dependent child from April 2014 through May 2015, and denied the appeal.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's Sweet’s syndrome and his eye symptoms. The claim is now back before the Board for further development.

The Veteran's claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities was denied as his disability does not meet the percentage requirements for a schedular TDIU and there is no evidence of an extraschedular TDIU.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence to decide the claim at this time. A VA examination is required.

The Board denied service connection for a colon disorder and bilateral foot fungus, finding that the evidence did not support a link to service or exposure. The Veteran's current conditions were diagnosed decades after separation from service.

The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for a skin condition due to in-service exposure to herbicide agents. The Veteran's skin condition is currently diagnosed as acquired ichthyosis vulgaris, but the expert opinions have not been fully considered.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for right eye detached retina with choroidal neoplasm post surgical correction.

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death, and no service connection issues were decided.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant requested to withdraw it before a decision was made.

The Board has granted service connection for loss of use of the right upper and lower extremities as secondary to a cerebellar hemorrhage stroke, and also granted TDIU prior to February 11, 2013.