Other conditions decisions — 2000

The Board has denied both claims for service connection due to lack of evidence linking the current conditions to military service or Agent Orange exposure.

The Board has determined that the appellant's discharge was under other than honorable conditions, which bars him from receiving VA compensation based on his period of service.

The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of the VA home loan guarantee post-foreclosure indebtedness, finding that the debt was valid and that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence linking the veteran's fatal brain tumor to service or Agent Orange exposure, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's death to service, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board found that the appellant's service-connected residuals of spontaneous pneumothorax warranted a 30 percent disability rating, which is more favorable to his claim than the previously assigned rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 because there was no evidence of injury resulting from VA treatment, and thus the claim is not well-grounded.

The veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for duodenitis is well-grounded and the Board has determined that his current gastrointestinal disability is related to his period of active service.

The Board found no competent evidence to relate any service-connected disability or incident of service to the cause of the veteran's death, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a blood disorder, claimed as Lyme disease, related to his military service.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for the veteran's otitis externa, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 6210.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to a lack of evidence showing that his current conditions were caused by treatment at Fairchild Air Force Base Hospital.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for service-connected residuals of a fractured nose, finding that the objective medical evidence did not show marked interference with breathing or more than mild obstruction of either nasal passage.

The Board has determined that the appellant's right arm disability, currently evaluated as 20 percent disabling for residuals of a fracture involving the right ulna and radius with limitation of motion and traumatic arthritis, does not warrant an increased evaluation.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for a leg condition and for a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of a laceration of the left lower forearm. The claim for pes planus was also denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for fungal infections of the hands and feet, finding no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat and thus could not establish service connection for PTSD. The claim for malaria was denied as there is no credible supporting evidence of a current diagnosis or occurrence during service. Service connection for hearing loss was denied due to lack of audiometric findings meeting criteria for disability, and the skin condition claim was denied because it lacks a link between Agent Orange exposure and current symptoms.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for Kaposi's sarcoma of the lower extremities with history of chemical burns, finding new and material evidence. The claim is well-grounded as there is a plausible link between the veteran's current condition and his military service.

The Board denied service connection for dental trauma to teeth numbers 8, 9, and 10 but granted service connection for migraine headaches at a noncompensable evaluation. The veteran's request for an increased evaluation for his migraine headaches was also denied.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a right pneumothorax. The evidence submitted since January 1991 is considered cumulative or duplicative, and does not establish a nexus between any incident in service and the right pneumothorax.