Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for a chronic disability manifested by muscle pain, joint pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance to include an undiagnosed illness caused by Gulf War Syndrome due to lack of evidence showing the condition was incurred or aggravated during active duty.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for occlusion of the eye, including as secondary to his service-connected Parkinson’s disease, has been dismissed due to the withdrawal of the appeal by the Veteran's representative.

The Board is remanding the case for further development and adjudication regarding the validity of the debt, the amount of the debt, and the Veteran's offer to compromise the debt at $12,352.60 due to financial hardship.

The Board denied service connection for TMJ syndrome and the claim for TDIU before April 17, 2018. The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's current TMJ syndrome was related to his active service.

The Appellant is denied retroactive DIC benefits under Nehmer as she was remarried before the age of 57 and her claim for DIC benefits was received after the effective date that leukemia was included as a disease entitled to presumptive service connection.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate reasoning in a previous VA opinion on secondary service connection, and needs further development including an addendum opinion from a different VA examiner.

The Veteran's cause of death was not due to service or a service-connected disability. Service connection for the cause of death is denied.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any current left tibia disability. The Veteran's claim is also being remanded for adjudication of his entitlement to TDIU and special home adaptation grant and specially adapted housing.

The Board has granted service connection for duodenal ulcer and remanded the issue of an effective date prior to August 29, 2011 for total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development of evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's left fourth finger arthritis.

The Veteran's appeal for continued additional allowance for their child M. A., who is a school age child, has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of consideration of the Veteran's contentions regarding the adequacy of the June 2017 VA examination report. The examiner is requested to address these concerns and provide an opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran’s claimed respiratory disability was incurred in or is otherwise related to service.

The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a left fractured collarbone and residuals of a cold weather injury to the feet, finding that these conditions are related to service.

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's skin condition and its relation to his service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date of May 1, 2013 for the assignment of a separate rating of 20 percent for peroneal spastic flat foot with calcaneal navicular arthritis in both feet has been granted.,The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected bipolar disorder and bilateral foot disabilities are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's left fifth metatarsal fracture is currently rated at 10 percent and the Board has determined that a higher rating is not warranted.

The Veteran's TDIU claim was denied because he has been gainfully employed as a rural mail carrier since January 1999, and his income substantially exceeded the poverty threshold for each year of the appeal period. The Board found that his employment did not occur in a protected or sheltered work environment.

The Veteran's appeal for special monthly compensation due to being housebound has been dismissed because the Veteran died before a decision could be made.

The Veteran's residuals from the left partial maxillectomy, orbital floor reconstruction, and subsequent radiation therapy are not considered to be due to VA carelessness, negligence, or lack of proper skill. The Board found that these complications were reasonably foreseeable.