Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has accepted the appellant's claim for survivor’s benefits and the power of attorney in favor of T. Taylor, P.A., as they were signed by R.Y., who is legally authorized to act on behalf of the appellant due to her mental incompetence.

The Board denied service connection for cause of death, finding that the Veteran's lung cancer was not related to his exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune and did not manifest within a presumptive period.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of VA examinations and duty-to-assist errors. The left elbow disability claim is remanded for an examination, while the squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx claim is also remanded with additional considerations regarding asbestos exposure.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error regarding an overpayment debt, specifically because VA did not attempt to obtain documents related to J.V.H.'s claims file between July 2015 and July 2019. The Veteran's claim for DIC or Death Pension was submitted on July 30, 2015.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is remanded due to incomplete records and the need for an advisory medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of his head, neck, and rib disabilities.

The Board dismissed the appeal as there was no case or controversy before it, and the effective dates for dependency benefits were already granted.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to an error in determining the validity of the overpayment debt. The Veteran's claim will be reviewed by the AOJ.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a potential error in creating the overpayment debt, and will need to determine if the debt was properly created before considering the waiver request.

The Veteran's income, after adjusting for expenses, exceeded the maximum annual pension rate (MAPR), thus denying her nonservice-connected pension benefits.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations and a compensable evaluation due to inadequate examinations in previous decisions. The Veteran is required to be provided with new VA examinations to assess current severity of his service-connected right hip strain, left achilles tendonitis, and bilateral Achilles tendonitis.

The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for post herpetic neuralgia right axilla and right lateral chest is denied. The condition is rated under Diagnostic Code 8411, which pertains to the right axilla and right lateral chest.

The Board has granted service connection for mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The evidence is at least in equipoise that MCAS was aggravated by PTSD.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's preexisting left knee dislocation, finding that it was aggravated by active service beyond its natural progression.

The Veteran's gastroparesis, a result of VA surgical treatment for GERD in April 2006, is found to be caused by carelessness or negligence on the part of VA. The Board has granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.

The appeal has been dismissed because the appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, and the Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this appeal at this time.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for throat cancer due to herbicide exposure and an increased rating for PTSD has been dismissed because the Veteran died during the appeals process.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's T-cell lymphoma is related to his service, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's DVT of the left and right lower extremities were granted increased ratings to 40 percent effective April 7, 2016. The appeals for higher ratings prior to that date are denied.

The Board has dismissed the issue of entitlement to waiver of an overpayment of nonservice-connected pension benefits in one calculated amount of $11,864.20 as there remains no case or controversy regarding this issue due to a decision by the Committee on Debt and Waivers (COWC) granting a waiver of the full amount of the Veteran's overpayment debt.

The Board denied compensation for a bilateral elbow disability under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 because the evidence did not show that VA care caused the Veteran's disabilities, and the opinions provided by VA examiners were more persuasive than the lay opinion of the Veteran.