Other conditions Board decisions

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a brain disability, to include as secondary to Agent Orange exposure or prostate cancer radiation therapy, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and an appropriate VA examination.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for a sleep disorder that may be related to his service-connected disability. The case has been remanded due to the need to obtain SSA records.

The Board has remanded the case for a new VA medical opinion to determine if any of the conditions that caused or contributed substantially to the Veteran's death were related to his active service, including conceded in-service herbicide exposure.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for retroactive Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits for schooling prior to April 18, 2010 due to lack of legal merit.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a TDIU was denied as there is no evidence of an unaddressed formal or informal claim in the record from February 24, 2000 to November 9, 2004. The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence did not support an earlier effective date.

The Veteran's bilateral hallux valgus and associated disability was found to be productive of loss of use of both feet from March 14, 1994, through September 23, 2002. As a result, the Board granted a 100 percent schedular rating for this period.

The Board has remanded the case for further action due to a previous decision by the Court that found an error in assigning an effective date.

The Board found that the Veteran's CLL did not manifest during active military service or within one year of service separation, and is not related to a disease, injury, or event in service.

The Board has remanded the case for a hearing at the Atlanta RO, including the issue of service connection for obesity. The Veteran's claim will be reconsidered based on whether obesity is proximately due to a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's claim for payment of unauthorized medical expenses was denied because he had coverage under Medicare Parts A and B, which constitutes a legal bar to reimbursement.

The Board found that the Veteran's anemia was not incurred or aggravated by service, and thus denied her claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, combined type, was incurred in service and is granted as service connection.

The Board has restored the Veteran's 100% rating for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, effective November 1, 2010.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's perforated right eardrum does not result in any compensable impairment other than hearing loss and tinnitus. Therefore, a compensable rating is denied.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for an effective date prior to December 1, 2006 and for apportionment of benefits in excess of $100 a month from December 1, 2006, and in excess of $200 a month from May 1, 2007. The Board found that the Veteran was reasonably discharging his responsibility for support of the appellant during the entire appeal period.

The Veteran's death is not service-connected, and therefore does not qualify for nonservice-connected burial benefits.

The Board has determined that there is no valid marriage between the Veteran and E.D.L. for VA purposes, thus denying recognition of their common law relationship for apportionment of benefits.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's fracture of the thoracic spine had its onset during his active service and is therefore granted service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for degenerative spinal disease, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his military service. Service connection was denied for a nerve sheath tumor due to conflicting medical opinions.

The Board found that the Veteran's current RSD is not related to his service in April 1968, and denied his claim for service connection.