Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has granted an effective date of July 1, 1999 for the award of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip bursitis manifested during active military service and grants her claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and adjudication, including obtaining responses to requests for documents and a financial status report from the appellant.

The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Cape Coral Hospital on August 22, 2008, and September 7, 2008, were for non-emergent treatment of Restless Leg Syndrome and Chronic Back Pain. The VA Medical Center denied the claim as the conditions did not meet the criteria for emergency treatment.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the case is dismissed.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to secure the Veteran's medical records from German civilian hospitals and to provide a VA examination to determine if his current genitourinary disability is related to service. The case will be remanded for these actions.

The Board has determined that the appellant's discharge from service was under dishonorable conditions due to willful and persistent misconduct, which constitutes a bar to VA benefits.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's compensation benefits should be reinstated starting from July 1, 2009.

The Board found that the Veteran's pulmonary disease was not incurred in or aggravated by service, including exposure to asbestos. The claim for service connection is denied.

The Board denied the appellant's request for an increase in monthly death pension award as a surviving spouse, finding that she is precluded from receiving a monthly award in excess of $90.00 per month due to her receipt of Medicaid-covered nursing home care.

The Board has remanded the case for a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge and further development.

The Board has granted service connection for Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, a non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and the Veteran is now entitled to compensation for this condition. The issue of TDIU remains pending as it is inextricably intertwined with the grant of service connection.

The Board denied service connection for cause of the Veteran's death on the merits in November 2009. The appellant submitted new evidence, but it did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for angina pectoris and a chronic skin disability due to mustard gas exposure. The Veteran's service medical records are unavailable, and further efforts should be made to obtain them. Additional evidence may also need to be obtained from the Rome Outpatient Clinic.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining a medical opinion regarding whether any diagnosed bilateral lower leg condition is related to service in any way, to include PTSD or non-service connected psoriasis.

The Veteran's death was due to a nonservice-connected cause and the appellant is entitled to burial and plot allowances, as he met all eligibility criteria.

The Veteran does not have encapsulated epithelial thymoma that is the result of disease or injury incurred in or aggravated during active military service, nor may it be presumed to have been incurred therein.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for accrued VA death benefits, including service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC), due to lack of service-connected disabilities at the time of the Veteran's death and because the appellant was not a child of the Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of right hip injury, other than a scar. The Veteran's claim was previously denied in November 2005 and reopened by the RO in February 2010. However, the RO continued to deny service connection for residuals of right hip injury, other than a scar.