Other conditions decisions — 2000

The Board has granted a 10 percent evaluation for status post fracture of the radial head, left elbow and a 10 percent evaluation for left ulnar nerve neuralgia. The veteran's service-connected conditions have been evaluated based on their direct impact without any presumption or secondary connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury is not well grounded, and thus denied.

The Board denied a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that the veteran's unemployment was not solely due to his service-connected conditions.

The Board found no competent evidence linking the current disability to service and denied the claim of entitlement to service connection for compound fracture, right tibia and fibula.

The Board denied service connection for arthralgia of the hips as secondary to a service-connected back disorder, and also denied an increased rating for the back condition.

The Board found that the claim for service connection of a left eye disability secondary to a right eye disability is not well grounded due to lack of medical evidence linking the current left eye disability to the service-connected right eye disability.

The Board has granted a waiver of recovery for the overpayment of VA death pension benefits, finding that it would be against the principles of equity and good conscience to require repayment.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral inguinal hernias and residuals of pneumonia, but denied them on the merits as there is no evidence that these conditions were incurred or aggravated by his military service.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected neck and mid-back injury was well-grounded. However, after reviewing additional medical records and conducting a new examination, it was determined that the current disability rating of 10 percent is appropriate based on slight limitation of motion in the cervical spine.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for post-operative anal fissure and remanded the issue of entitlement to an extra-schedular rating.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for a post-operative craniotomy resection of right frontal meningioma due to herbicide exposure was not well-grounded and denied it.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and an increased evaluation for hyperhidrosis of his hands and feet, finding that there was no credible evidence supporting the occurrence of the claimed stressors or disability. The skin condition is rated at 10%.

The VA determined that there is no competent evidence linking the veteran's current defective hearing to his military service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for basal cell carcinoma is denied as there is no competent evidence to support a finding of a nexus between the current disability and in-service exposure, including ionizing radiation.

The Board determined that the veteran's residuals of a gunshot wound to the right lower extremity do not warrant an evaluation in excess of 20 percent.

The Board has remanded the case to determine if the appellant submitted an application for benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) and to readjudicate the issue of entitlement to an effective date prior to August 1, 1993 for death pension benefits.

The Board denied service connection for a chronic bronchial disorder or emphysema, and hearing loss secondary to sinusitis. The increased rating claim for sinusitis was also denied.

The veteran's death and the appellant's age at the time of her application for educational benefits preclude her from receiving Chapter 35 benefits.

The Board has determined that the veteran's duodenal ulcer disease does not warrant a higher disability rating, as it is currently manifested by periodic epigastric pain relieved by milk or Maalox.

The Board has granted a 10 percent evaluation for the veteran's postoperative residuals of a deviated nasal septum, based on clinical findings from a September 1998 VA nose examination.