The Board reduced the overpayment of VA disability compensation due to concurrent receipt of active service pay by $4,996.71 as it found the AOJ improperly calculated the amount.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that the AOJ incorrectly counted the periods of active duty and FYs 2010 and 2011 twice when calculating the overpayment.
- Claimed conditions
- coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 19, 2022
- Citation
- 22002640
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) as the evidence did not show that it began during or within a year after military service and there was no competent medical opinion linking the condition to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for revision of a November 2005 rating decision that established service connection for Valley Fever and assigned a 50 percent initial evaluation, effective from May 17, 2004, to July 26, 2005, and from September 1, 2005. The Board found no CUE in the November 2005 rating decision.
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- Denied
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