Other conditions decisions — 2000

The veteran's annual income, including his Social Security and private pension, exceeds the maximum allowable for improved disability pension benefits.

The Board has determined that the overpayment of $3,020 in improved pension benefits was properly created due to unreported retirement income. The decision is granted as recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.

The veteran requested to terminate his appeal for apportionment of VA benefits, and the Board dismissed the appeal as a result.

The veteran's conversion disorder is rated at 10 percent, but the Board finds that his symptoms do not warrant a higher rating as they do not meet the criteria for a 30 percent evaluation.

The Board denied the request for an apportionment of the veteran's VA compensation benefits on behalf of their minor child due to the veteran reasonably discharging his responsibility for the child's support and as of August 4, 1999, the child resides with the veteran.

The veteran's appeal for a subsistence allowance under Chapter 31 for the period from July 1992 to October 1992 is denied as he did not meet the eligibility requirements.

The Board has decided that the appellant is entitled to service connection for the cause of her husband's death, which was reopened based on new evidence.

The Board has determined that there is no medical evidence showing current residuals from the inservice burn to the right thigh, and therefore the claim for service connection is not well grounded.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection due to new and material evidence showing a current left knee disorder, an inservice injury, and a plausible relationship between the two. The claim is now evaluated on its merits.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant withdrew it before a decision was made.

The Board has determined that the additional overpayment of $53 was not properly created due to sole administrative error. The appeal is granted in part, reducing the overpayment by $53.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an effective date prior to May 10, 1995 for the grant of nonservice-connected pension benefits and for increased monthly rate for improved pension benefits based on unreimbursed medical expenses. The decision is pending further clarification of the unreimbursed medical expenses.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to a lack of evidence regarding combat exposure and stressors, as well as clarification on the relationship between service-connected conditions.

The Board has granted a 20 percent evaluation for each foot due to residuals of frozen feet, effective from the date of the decision.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection for loss of procreative ability and lung disorder as secondary to exposure to Agent Orange were not well grounded.

The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's status post exploration of mandibular fracture with dissection of the mental nerve, finding that the disability is a unilateral incomplete paralysis of the fifth cranial nerve and does not meet criteria for higher ratings.

The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected stress fracture of the left pubic ramus does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating based on current symptoms and medical evidence.

The veteran's service-connected venous insufficiency, shell fragment wound, and defective hearing do not prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of service connection for right testicular cancer, as there was no evidence showing it occurred during active duty or within the applicable presumptive period.

The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that his death was not caused by or substantially contributed to by his service-connected disabilities.