Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to missing records and insufficient documentation of the VA examiner's review. The Veteran is asked to provide any additional private or VA treatment records, especially from the University of Michigan Hospital system.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient reasons for denying service connection for a pulmonary coin lesion, as there is equipoise evidence regarding asbestos exposure. The Veteran's nautical service in Vietnam qualifies him for presumptive service connection for herbicide agent exposure.

The Veteran's skin disability is rated at 10 percent prior to January 16, 2019 and at 30 percent from that date onward. The Board has ordered a remand for further evaluation of the Veteran’s use of topical corticosteroids.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for diastasis recti and shin splints due to insufficient evidence regarding their onset during active duty or whether any period of ACDUTRA or INACDUTRA aggravated these conditions.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the underlying award was retroactively adjusted, invalidating the debt.

The Board has remanded the case due to an issue regarding clarification of a VA examination, specifically addressing whether the Veteran suffered additional disability as a result of his March 2012 total knee replacement surgery.

The Board denied service connection for a skin condition, manifested by dry and peeling skin of the hands, as it found no evidence linking this condition to service or herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's disability rating for disc displacement with myelopathy and degenerative changes (claimed as back surgery, and scoliosis) was increased to 20 percent effective May 2013.

The Board has remanded the claims for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation grant due to incomplete development. The Veteran needs additional VA examination and medical opinion to determine if he meets the criteria for these benefits.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including neurological testing and an opinion on whether obesity is an intermediate step between the service-connected back disability and the urinary disorder.

The Board denied service connection for neurocardiogenic syndrome and presyncope, finding no evidence of a link to active duty service. The claim for sleep apnea was also denied as there is no direct evidence linking the condition to service.

The Board has granted effective dates of March [REDACTED], 2008, for the addition of the Veteran's spouse as her dependent and October [REDACTED], 2009, for the addition of the Veteran's child as her dependent.

The Veteran's spouse was not granted a dependency allowance prior to April 1, 2017 as the evidence of marriage was not received within one year of notification.

The Veteran's adjustment disorder with depressed mood was evaluated at a 30 percent rating, and the Board found that her symptoms did not meet or exceed the criteria for a higher disability rating.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for cause of death, finding that there is no competent medical evidence relating the Veteran's metastatic carcinoma esophagus to his active service or herbicide exposure.

The Board has granted initial 30 percent ratings for left and right hip disabilities, status post resurfacing arthroplasty. These are the specific ratings requested by the Veteran.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence of record and a need for further development, including scheduling a VA examination.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal before the Board could make a decision.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's partial vision loss, diagnosed as vitreous syneresis with vitreous floaters of the eye, is not related to his active duty service, including any claimed in-service exposure to radiation. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's nonspecific interstitial pneumonia with pulmonary fibrosis is caused by his service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.