Other conditions Board decisions

The Board is unable to determine if the Appellant was permanently incapable of self-support before turning 18 due to a heart disability. The decision is remanded for VA to request Social Security Administration records that may provide this information.

The Veteran's pension benefits were retroactively terminated due to excessive family income, resulting in a debt of $85,010. The Board found the overpayment and resultant debt valid.

The Veteran's cause of death, head and neck cancer, is not service-connected as it was neither incurred nor aggravated by his military service. The Board found no evidence linking the cancer to any in-service condition or exposure.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a respiratory disorder and remanded the issue of service connection for a digestive disorder due to incomplete opinions.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for a waiver of an overpayment of Chapter 33 (Post-9/11 GI Bill) education benefits in the amount of $1,213.93 for tuition and fees at American Intercontinental University from April 23, 2012, to May 27, 2012, finding that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.

The Veteran's service connection claim for multiple myeloma is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding his exposure to herbicide agents during active duty service. The Board requests additional records from the JSRRC and other appropriate facilities to verify the Veteran’s claimed in-service exposure.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for osteopenia, finding that there was no evidence linking it to his active duty service or a service-connected condition.

The Veteran's iritis of the left eye was denied an initial compensable rating prior to May 13, 2018 and a rating in excess of 20 percent thereafter. The Board found that there were no incapacitating episodes requiring prescribed bedrest for the entire appeal period.

The Board has granted service connection for right cheek squamous cell carcinoma, finding that the cancer is related to in-service sun exposure. The Veteran was exposed to sun while deployed in Iraq and Kuwait.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant requested to withdraw their appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Veteran's CIDP is found to be in equipoise with herbicide exposure, and service connection for CIDP due to herbicide exposure is granted.

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

The Board has remanded the case for further development and an addendum opinion regarding the Veteran's cerebrovascular accident with left side weakness, as well as his claim for TDIU. The issues of service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 are inextricably intertwined.

The Board denied service connection for gynecomastia as there is no evidence that it is related to the Veteran's military service or a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's claim for VR&E benefits was denied due to a lack of timely filing of a Notice of Disagreement with the January 2017 decision. The Board found that the March 2018 Notice of Disagreement was not timely filed, and thus, the January 2017 decision is final.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an apportionment of his VA pension benefits, finding that it would cause undue hardship to him and thus not meet the criteria for a special or general apportionment.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his head and neck cancer was not incurred during service or related to active duty service, including in-service exposure to herbicide agents.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his left hip strain was denied as the disability does not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation based on limitation of motion.

The Board found that the Veteran's death from coronary atherosclerosis was not proximately due to or the result of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA in furnishing reasonable care. The event leading to his death (coronary atherosclerosis) was not reasonably foreseeable.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for residuals of a gunshot wound to the right thigh have been denied. The Veteran was previously granted a 40 percent rating, but no higher, for severe muscle injury to Muscle Group XIV from September 19, 1983 through January 13, 1992. However, his other residuals including post-phlebitic syndrome and nerve impairment have not met the criteria for an increased rating.