Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death, mantle cell lymphoma, is due to herbicide agent exposure during his service in Thailand. As a result, the claim for service connection for the cause of death is granted.

The Board has identified a pre-decisional duty to assist error and has ordered the AOJ to correct it by obtaining all relevant documents, including correspondence from the Debt Management Center regarding overpayment amounts for educational assistance benefits. The appellant must be provided with an audit of these overpayments.

The Veteran's initial rating for uterine fibroid with menorrhagia, claimed as excessive bleeding, is granted at a 30 percent level prior to July 31, 2009. From July 31, 2009, the condition is rated noncompensable.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal as the overpayment of compensation benefits was properly created due to his failure to notify VA of a change in dependency status.

The Board dismissed the appeal as the appellant requested to withdraw it, and no specific error of fact or law was alleged.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(p) at the rate equal to subsection (m) is denied as he did not have a service-connected disability independently ratable at 100% prior to June 11, 2017.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error regarding the etiology of the Veteran's left elbow tendonitis. The Veteran needs to provide a VA medical opinion on whether his current condition is related to service.

The Veteran's child, B., was granted additional dependency benefits based on school attendance in November 2016. The appeal for an earlier effective date for the addition of his spouse, M., to his VA disability compensation is dismissed as there is no case or controversy affecting the provision of benefits by VA over which the Board may exercise jurisdiction.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the addition of his spouse, M., was denied because the earliest communication that could be construed as a claim for recognition of M. as the Veteran’s dependent spouse for VA purposes was received on March 25, 2013, which is the earliest possible effective date.,The Veteran's child, C., was granted additional dependency benefits based on school attendance from July 1, 2012 to January 1, 2014. The appeal for an earlier effective date for these benefits is denied because the claim was not filed within one year of C.'s 18th birthday.

The Board has granted service connection for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, finding that the Veteran's exposure to environmental hazards during his military service is at least as likely as not related to his condition. Service connection for steroid-induced hyperglycemia was denied due to it being a laboratory finding and not a recognized disability.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for spinal injuries and myelodysplasia, finding no evidence of a nexus between his current disabilities and his military service. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's claimed conditions and his service.

The Board has granted vacatur of the March 2020 decision due to the RO receiving new evidence from the Appellant but failing to issue a Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC). The appeal is remanded for the AOJ to consider this new evidence and any other evidence added since May 2016, and then issue an SSOC.

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

The Board denied the petition for revision of a previously denied claim for dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1310 and § 1318 based on service connection for the Veteran’s cause of death due to lack of evidence supporting presumptive service connection.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating and TDIU related to his left lower extremity disability was denied. The Veteran is currently rated at 20% for paralysis of the anterior crural nerve and neuralgia of the median nerve, but the Board found that this rating adequately reflects the severity of his condition.

The Veteran's service-connected psoriatic arthritis of the right and left ring and little fingers is rated as noncompensable, which is the only available rating under applicable diagnostic codes.

The Veteran's active duty service does not meet the eligibility criteria for Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance benefits due to insufficient qualifying days of active duty after September 10, 2001.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for VA educational assistance benefits under Chapter 34 (Vietnam Era GI Bill) due to dishonorable service, and the statute of limitations expired.

The Board has remanded the case due to uncertainty about whether the Veteran's dizziness and vertigo are related to his post-concussive syndrome.

The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to May 16, 2016 is dismissed as moot because TDIU has already been granted effective from that date.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for breast cancer, finding no persuasive competent and credible link between her claimed in-service exposures and her current condition.