Other conditions decisions — 2000

The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral defective hearing warrants a rating of 40 percent, effective from October 13, 1995.

The Board has granted service connection for benign prostatic hypertrophy, finding that it had its onset in service and is a direct result of the veteran's active duty.

The Board dismissed the motion for revision of a March 26, 1996 decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) as untimely filed. The Court affirmed this determination in January 2000.

The veteran's claim of worsening hearing acuity is being remanded for further development, including obtaining additional audiometric and discrimination testing.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 are not well-grounded because there is no competent medical evidence of current disabilities or additional disability as a result of VA hospitalization or medical treatment in October and December 1995 and/or December 1996.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a slipping epiphysis of the right hip and dental disability due to trauma, finding that new evidence did not warrant reopening his original claim and that there was no competent medical evidence linking current disabilities to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for special monthly pension on account of needing aid and attendance, and also denied reopening his service connection claim for back injury due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board found that the veteran's claim of service connection for menorrhagia (claimed as dysfunctional uterine bleeding, polymenorrhea) is not well grounded because there was no medical evidence linking her current condition to military service.

The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the March 1989 RO rating decision that denied service connection for a bilateral ear condition, thus denying the appeal.

The veteran's income was found to be excessive for receipt of Improved Disability Pension benefits effective May 1, 1997.

The veteran's right knee condition, characterized by severe degenerative arthritis with significant limitation of motion and pain, is rated at 50 percent under the appropriate diagnostic codes. The Board found that this rating adequately reflects his disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of basic eligibility for nonservice-connected disability pension benefits due to a lack of legal merit or the absence of entitlement under the law.

The Board found that the appellant's substantive appeal was untimely and denied her claim for service connection for cause of death.

The VA determined that the appellant had no recognized military service with the Armed Forces of the United States and therefore denied their claim for basic eligibility for VA benefits.

The appellant is not recognized as the veteran's surviving spouse due to a prior divorce, and therefore has no legal entitlement to DIC benefits, improved death pension benefits, or accrued benefits.

The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for Raynaud's Syndrome, claimed as secondary to service-connected chronic glomerulonephritis membranoproliferative, is not well-grounded and therefore denied.

The appellant's claim for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of disability compensation benefits was denied because she was not the payee and had no entitlement to the payment in question.

The veteran's appeal was denied as the evidence did not support granting entitlement to TDIU prior to June 18, 1996.

The veteran is requesting a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals due to his claim for service connection being remanded. The appeal will be handled by scheduling a hearing at the Los Angeles Regional Office.

The veteran's claim for reimbursement or payment of unauthorized private transportation services incurred in February 1996 was granted.