Other conditions decisions — 2000

The veteran did not file a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) regarding the effective date assigned for his 20 percent evaluation for bilateral chorioretinitis, and thus the appeal is dismissed.

The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for loss of sexual drive/loss of use of a creative organ. However, the claim was denied as there is no clinical evidence showing these conditions are related to active service or any service-connected disability.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient efforts in obtaining dental records and for a VA dental examination.

The Board has determined that the appellant's age, health problems, and expenses exceeded her income, making it against equity and good conscience to recover an overpayment of $7,970 in VA improved death pension benefits.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for scheduling a videoconferencing hearing at the RO and then returning it for further review.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the extent of his service-connected systemic lupus erythematosus and its impact on his employment.

The Board denied the claim for an earlier effective date for payment of DIC benefits, finding that the moving party was not entitled to such based on the evidence and applicable regulations.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and additional procedural steps.

The Board has determined that the veteran's cancer of the throat is service-connected, with the cause attributed to an incident during his military service.

The veteran's death triggered the payment of accrued benefits to his surviving spouse for a period of two years prior to his death. The appellant is not entitled to additional accrued benefits based on her status as a dependent due to the already paid benefits.

The VA determined that the veteran's skin rash does not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating than 30 percent.

The veteran died and was buried in March 1994. The appellant's application for burial benefits was received by the RO in January 1997, more than two years after the date of burial. As a result, her claim has no legal merit to warrant entitlement under the law.

The Board denied the appellant's claim that the April 23, 1997 rating decision denying service connection for the cause of the veteran's death contained clear and unmistakable error. The RO pointed to a lack of medical evidence linking ischemic heart disease to the abdominal aortic aneurysm.

The veteran's appeal is dismissed due to his death.

The Board has granted a rating of 20% for prostatitis, which was the veteran's original claim. The issue is not about service connection.

The Board determined that the veteran did not have hiatal hernia or a bilateral leg condition in service, and denied both claims.

The Board found that the appellant acted in bad faith by not reporting her divorce from the veteran, and thus denied her request for waiver of recovery of overpayment of DEA benefits.

The Board has determined that the veteran's postvoiding dribbling is proximately due to or caused by his service-connected lumbosacral strain with traumatic arthritis and degenerative disc disease, granting service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted a combined rating of 60 percent for the veteran's residuals of medial meniscectomy, right, with degenerative changes and arthritis in the right knee.

The veteran's service-connected hemorrhoid disability is not currently manifested by any internal or external hemorrhoids, nor by limitation of motion of any body part, nor by any poorly nourished scar with repeated ulceration. The preponderance of the evidence is against an increased rating for the veteran's hemorrhoid disability.