Other conditions Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development and consideration of his claims, including the assignment of an initial evaluation for service-connected unknown febrile illness and a rating in excess of 40 percent for service-connected epilepsy with mesial temporal lobe sclerosis.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to an unclear opinion regarding whether restless leg syndrome was aggravated by service-connected obstructive sleep apnea. The Veteran needs a new VA medical opinion on this issue.

The Veteran's back disorders and PTSD were denied as service connection was not established, and the initial rating for PTSD could not be increased beyond 30%.

The Board has remanded the claim due to inadequate medical opinion and missing pre-operative reports. The Veteran seeks compensation for a stroke resulting from carelessness or negligence during his November 2011 surgery.

The Board has remanded the case for further consideration due to a failure to issue a Statement of the Case regarding the effective date for recognizing G.H. as the Veteran's child for dependency compensation purposes.

The Board has granted service connection for diastasis rectus abdominis (DRA) and an umbilical hernia, as secondary to DRA. The decision is based on the Veteran's competent testimony regarding his symptoms and the VA examiner's opinion that a DRA can lead to the development of an umbilical hernia.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of his service-connected hiatal hernia, small ventral hernia, and incisional hernia have been denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for higher disability ratings under applicable VA rating criteria.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for a chronic bilateral airway disease disability, hernia disability, and atrial fibrillation disability. However, these claims have been denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or causal relationship to active service.

The Veteran's claim for gastritis is reopened, and service connection is granted. The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is also granted. However, the claims for a bilateral calf condition and gastritis are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate medical examination in denying service connection for cellulitis. The Veteran's condition is recurrent and active, especially during hot weather.

The Board has remanded the issue of waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA compensation benefits in the amount of $16,216.20 due to insufficient compliance with previous directives.

The Veteran's basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits was denied from September 1, 2009 to August 30, 2016 because he did not have a permanent and total service-connected disability during that period.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and increased rating for his service-connected thoracic spine disability, finding that the correct effective dates are March 14, 2008, and that a 20% rating is appropriate.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's hidradenitis suppurativa, finding that his condition affected less than 20% of his body or exposed areas and did not require systemic therapy.

The Board has found that additional development is needed regarding the Veteran’s cause of death, specifically whether myocardial infarction can be considered a disease listed under 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e) and if it was caused by active duty service including exposure to herbicides.

The Veteran's service connection claim for basal cell carcinoma of the left temple is being remanded due to a lack of compliance with the September 2019 Board remand directives, specifically the need for a dose estimate based on ionizing radiation exposure in service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury as there is no current diagnosis of such condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to October 21, 2005 for the grant of service connection for left hand nerve damage due to a failure to submit evidence showing entitlement to this benefit.

The Board denied service connection for cold injuries to the lower left and right extremities, finding no evidence of a current disability related to in-service exposure.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of endometriosis, finding that her symptoms were present during active duty and are related to her in-service diagnosis.