Other conditions decisions — 2000

The Board has determined that the veteran's disability rating for a moderately severe wound to Muscle Group XII on the left should remain at 20 percent, as there is no evidence of more than moderate impairment.

The Board found no medical evidence linking the veteran's current skin disorder to service, including presumptively due to herbicide exposure. The claim is denied.

The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of overpayment of improved disability pension benefits in the amount of $9,160 because it was not timely filed.

The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that there is no well-grounded claim and insufficient evidence to link the veteran's lung cancer or his death with active military service or inservice asbestos exposure.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death because there was no evidence indicating that the cause of the death was related to a service-connected disability or due to an in-service incident. The new evidence submitted since the last decision does not show any relationship between the veteran's conditions and his death.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a prostate disorder, finding that the new evidence submitted since the August 1996 decision was not both new and material.

The veteran was awarded compensation for a service-connected condition, but no service connection was granted. The claim for Service Disabled Veteran's (RH) Insurance is denied.

The Board denied service connection for metastatic colon cancer as it was not incurred during active service and the veteran's death was due to a nonservice-connected condition.

The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and granted it, finding that cardiovascular disease developed during service and contributed to the veteran's death.

The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's dysthymia and panic attacks to his military service, concluding that they were not incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim that C. C. H., who he claimed as his child, should be recognized for compensation purposes due to inconsistencies in the evidence and lack of clear documentation.

The veteran's right leg disability, which is rated at 30 percent under the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities, does not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability evaluation for nonservice-connected pension purposes due to his ability to engage in substantially gainful employment.

The Board has granted a separate 10 percent evaluation for chronic angioneurotic edema, finding that the veteran's symptoms do not overlap with his service-connected urticaria.

The veteran's disability of the left hand and arm is determined to be compensable under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 as a result of VA surgery in December 1994.

The Board has reopened the appellant's claim and found new evidence that ECT treatment may have contributed to the veteran's death, but does not establish service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding whether the veteran's liver cancer is related to his military service and any herbicide exposure.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased disability rating for his residuals of fracture of left femur and service connection for a left hip replacement as secondary to his service-connected conditions. The veteran was already receiving the maximum schedular disability rating for severe impairment of the knee with recurrent subluxation or lateral instability.

The veteran's claims for service connection for colon cancer and cardiac disability due to asbestos exposure are not well-grounded. The Board finds no evidence of a direct relationship between the claimed conditions and his military service.

The Board found no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's dysthymia to his service, and thus denied his claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for a cerebrovascular accident, chronic brain syndrome, and neuritis have not been well grounded. The issues of entitlement to increased evaluations for grand mal seizures with anemia and gingivitis, residuals of a right femur fracture, and right testicle atrophy are also denied.