Other conditions Board decisions

The Veteran withdrew his claim for an increased rating for residuals of a back disability.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development and consideration of her claims.,The Board has referred the case to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration in accordance with 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b).

The Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for left abducens palsy is being remanded due to the need for additional VA optometry records.

The Veteran's scars have been rated at 50% for the entire appeal period, and a 20% rating has been granted for painful scars involving his neck and left knee. The cervical spine motion loss is rated at 10%. No new evidence was presented to reopen service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including determining whether the Veteran's cardiac disability is related to service or if it was caused by nonischemic cardiomyopathy.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased rating and TDIU due to incomplete development of his medical records and need for additional examinations.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of fatigue and gastrointestinal disability due to an undiagnosed illness for further development. The case must be returned with a new examination or medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran’s focal colitis and diarrhea.

The Board denied service connection for lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, finding no evidence of radiation exposure during service that could support a presumption or direct service connection.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient development of evidence regarding the Veteran's endocrine cancer (metastatic carcinoid) and its relationship to service, particularly exposure to radiation.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and effective date claims related to his left elbow disability. The Veteran requested withdrawal of these issues, effectively dismissing them.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for myofascial pain, which was secondary to cervical radiculitis.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's surviving spouse is an eligible substitute claimant for the purposes of processing the retroactive adjustment of pension benefits from September 28, 2018 to July [REDACTED], 2019 due to unreimbursed medical expenses. The matter is REMANDED for further adjudication based on substitution.

The Board has determined that more development is needed to determine if the Veteran's tear Achilles tendons, right and left, are related to his service-connected knee disability. The case is being remanded for a VA examination.

The appeal of the issue regarding payment or reimbursement of medical expenses from Catalina Dental was dismissed as no decision on this matter had been issued by VA.

The Board has granted the Veteran's appeal for restoration of his spouse, S.L., and child, C.L., as dependents for additional VA dependency benefits. The overpayment was found to be invalid.

The Veteran's eosinophilic esophagitis is rated at 30% from September 10, 2010. His constant oral infections of the mouth are separately rated at 30% from August 30, 2018.

The Veteran's cause of death was listed as cardiac arrhythmia contributed by hypotension and multiple myeloma. The Board found the evidence insufficient to establish herbicide exposure, thus denying service connection for cause of death.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral eye disabilities, including recurrent pterygium and mild cataracts, are not related to his service. The evidence does not support a causal relationship between these conditions and his military service.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for MRSA is being remanded due to a lack of a medical opinion regarding the proximate cause of his MRSA.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion and the need for additional development, including obtaining private medical records.