Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right lower leg/shin disability had its onset during active service and is granting service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted a 60 percent disability rating for bilateral keratoconus from May 13, 2018, and granted a separate 10 percent disability rating for painful scars associated with the condition. The Veteran's keratoconus is currently rated as 30 percent disabling prior to May 13, 2018.

The Veteran's left eye disability is being remanded for further review due to the need for a supplemental opinion regarding whether any additional disability following his January 2015 cataracts surgery was proximately caused by VA carelessness, negligence, or similar fault.

The Board has vacated its January 2020 decision due to failure to address a claim for TDIU. The Veteran's chondromalacia of the left patella is rated at 10% and her meniscal tear with joint effusion is granted a separate 20%. Service connection for PTSD remains denied.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a prostate condition is dismissed. Service connection for his right elbow condition is granted.

The Veteran's service does not meet the requirements for entitlement to VA nonservice-connected pension benefits.

The Board has remanded the case due to an inadjudicated issue of compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for the cause of the Veteran’s death, and the matter is now pending with the Agency of Original Jurisdiction.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for additional VA treatment records and an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of the gastrointestinal disorder.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development and readjudication, including obtaining additional VA examinations to address the severity of his left great toe disability and private treatment records related to his coronary artery disease.

The Veteran's right knee disability, including his degenerative joint disease and chondromalacia, is rated at 20 percent. The kidney disorder is also service-connected as secondary to the right knee disability. Effective March 18, 2011, the Veteran's right knee instability is rated at 20 percent.

The Board has determined that the medical opinions of record are based on an inaccurate factual premise and requires additional medical opinion to explain how a July 2012 CT scan shows pre-existing abdominal weakness, atrophy, and/or bulge.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence, particularly regarding the Veteran's employment history prior to May 28, 2009. The VA needs to gather this information from Social Security Administration records.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal as his timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) was not filed within one year from the October 2013 rating decision denying service connection for a rash condition. The Board found that there is no clear evidence to rebut the presumption of regularity and thus, the NOD was received after the deadline.

The Board has ordered a remand for the Veteran to be examined and receive an opinion regarding his heart disorders, as the previous examination was deemed inadequate. The appeal is now pending again due to this new development.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an immune disorder and a blood disease have been denied as there is no probative medical evidence of current disabilities or a causal relationship to in-service exposure.

The Board has remanded the case due to procedural issues and needs further development regarding financial need for an apportionment of the Veteran's VA disability compensation benefits on behalf of his minor child, T.A.S.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequacies in the dose estimate and VA medical opinions regarding the Veteran's pancreatic cancer. The AOJ is required to obtain a new dose estimate, consider the video submitted by the Appellant, and provide a new VA medical opinion that addresses the theories of combined effects of radiation exposure, noxious fumes and fires, and stress/sleep deprivation caused by service in the Gulf War.

The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for the Veteran's residuals of a fracture of the right ring finger, finding that any limitation of motion did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under applicable VA regulations.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for earlier effective dates of service connection for residuals of right foot and left foot cold injuries due to the Veteran's death.

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 case.