Other conditions decisions — 2000

The Board has determined that the appellant's discharge from service was under dishonorable conditions due to willful and persistent misconduct, thus denying his claim for benefits.

The Board denied the appellant's waiver request for a loan guaranty indebtedness, finding that he was at fault in creating the debt and that collection would not be against equity and good conscience.

The veteran's Lyme disease is granted service connection, but his hypercholesterolemia does not meet the criteria for a current disability.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal due to his death, and therefore no effective date prior to March 21, 1995, for a 100 percent rating for incisional hernia was granted. The issue of whether the RO committed clear and unmistakable error in not also inferring a claim for benefits under the provisions of the predecessor of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 when adjudicating a June 1967 claim for compensation or pension is moot.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further proceedings, including obtaining additional service medical records and information from SSA.

The Board found that the claim of entitlement to service connection for right otitis media is not well grounded due to lack of medical evidence linking current disability to in-service injury.

The Board has determined that the evidence submitted since the January 1975 denial does not constitute new and material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board found that the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for peptic ulcer disease is not well grounded and denied it.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected ulcerative proctitis is being remanded due to incomplete medical records and unclear hearing preferences.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed gynecological and low back disabilities are not well grounded, as there is no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for residuals of a right tibia fracture and residuals of a left cornea injury, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent.

The Board dismissed the veteran's claim for a nonservice-connected pension as no adequate substantive appeal was filed.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of an ulcer with a subtotal gastrectomy due to new evidence submitted since the last denial. However, the claim remains denied as there is no current disability found.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for basic eligibility for VA benefits due to a lack of recognized military service with the United States Armed Forces.

The VA determined that there is no evidence of instability, limitation of motion, or other objective functional impairment in the veteran's knees. Therefore, a compensable disability rating for patellofemoral syndrome of both knees was denied.

The veteran's request for waiver of an overpayment of improved disability pension benefits was denied because it was not filed within the 180-day time limit set by VA regulations.

The VA has determined that the veteran's right navicular fracture does not warrant a rating higher than the current 10 percent evaluation.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection of varicose veins of the right lower extremity due to lack of evidence in the record.

The Board found that the veteran's claim was not well-grounded and denied it.

The Board denied the appellant's request to revoke the forfeiture of VA benefits for fraud, finding that she did not submit new and material evidence exculpatory of her misdeeds or showing VA fraud in the original decision.