Other conditions Board decisions

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death, and no service connection issues were decided.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information on whether the Veteran's heart condition is a congenital defect or disease, and if so, whether it was aggravated by service. The examiner must also determine if any of his conditions are related to active duty service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inconsistencies in the reduction of VA disability compensation for concurrent receipt of military service drill pay over several fiscal years. The specific FYs involved are 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015.

The Veteran's son does not have spina bifida and his mother is not a Vietnam, Korea, or Thailand Veteran. Therefore, the claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C. §§ 1805 or 1815 is denied.

The claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1805 for a child born with spina bifida is remanded due to uncertainty in the diagnosis and potential service connection.

The Veteran's bilateral hand Dupuytren's contracture is rated at 10%.,The Veteran's bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is rated at 20% from March 19, 2018.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right ring finger numbness, finding that there is no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and his active service.

The Board denied service connection for throat cancer, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's current condition and his in-service herbicide exposure.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a proper medical opinion regarding service connection for diffuse (signet ring) gastric carcinoma. The Veteran's wife argues that his condition is related to exposure during service, particularly to H. pylori infection.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for malaria, and the Board dismissed the case.

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death, and no service connection issues were decided.

The Veteran's appeals for an initial rating higher than 10 percent for Morton’s neuroma, left third metatarsal, residual of a stress fracture; service connection for a left leg disorder; and service connection for a left knee disorder, to include as secondary to Morton’s neuroma have been dismissed due to the Veteran withdrawing his appeals prior to promulgation of a decision.

The Board has remanded the case due to unclear information about the appellant's eligibility for substitution and a need to obtain VA treatment records from the Huntington, West Virginia VAMC.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for a new VA medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's right foot disorder is related to an in-service injury.

The Board has determined that the termination of the Veteran's nonservice-connected pension from August 1, 2013 to June 7, 2014 was improper and restored the pension for this period.

The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for lymphoma (claimed as cancer) has been reopened. The Board finds that new and material evidence has been received, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim. However, further development is needed to determine if the Veteran was exposed to herbicides during his service in Korea.

The Veteran's service-connected narcolepsy renders him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment, thus warranting a TDIU on an extraschedular basis.

The Veteran's claim for Chapter 33 education benefits for an on-the-job training program from September 6, 2016 to September 30, 2016 was denied as the enrollment period was more than one year prior to the date of claim.

The Board has granted the vacatur of the February 27, 2020 decision and restored a compensable rating for residuals of right hip delayed union of pelvis pubis fracture based on limitation of extension. The Veteran's claim for higher ratings for other conditions is denied.

The appeal has been dismissed because the appellant died during the pendency of the appeal.