Other conditions decisions — 2001

The Board has granted a 40 percent disability rating for prostatitis, the maximum available under current criteria.

The Board has remanded the case due to issues regarding the character of the veteran's service and an unauthorized absence during his service. The appeal is not about service connection.

The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's chronic duodenal ulcer, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The Board finds that the appellant's current manifestations of service-connected status post surgical residuals of left lower lobectomy for bronchiectasis do not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher disability rating, warranting only a 30 percent evaluation.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased ratings for her right and left foot hallux valgus with bunion, finding that neither condition warranted a higher rating based on functional disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected gastric ulcer does not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent, as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for more severe disability.

The veteran's overpayment of educational assistance was denied because he was found to be at fault in the creation of the debt and collection would not subject him or his family to undue economic hardship.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for basic eligibility for VA benefits due to a lack of service as a member of the United States Armed Forces, based on certification from the Army Reserve Personnel Center (ARPERCEN).

The veteran's left eye vision issues are not considered service-connected due to lack of evidence of an acquired ocular disability.

The claimant is seeking additional death pension benefits for her spouse based on the need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound. The case has been remanded due to changes in the law necessitating compliance with notification and development action provisions under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased rating, compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for skin breakdown and disabilities incurred in a motor vehicle accident, all of which were pending at the time of his death.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected postoperative residuals of a thoracotomy, status post resection of a pseudo-aneurysm is being remanded due to the need for additional development and examination.

The Board found that the veteran's porphyria cutanea tarda was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and denied his claim.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and conducting a VA examination to assess the current residuals of the fracture of the right fifth metatarsal.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have qualifying service for purposes of entitlement to VA benefits, as certified by the United States service department.

The veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected post traumatic stress disorder was denied. The current effective date is July 26, 1993.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a spinal disorder due to new and material evidence submitted, but finds that the evidence does not warrant a grant of service connection.

The Board denied service connection for onychomycosis and cellulitis of the right foot, finding no evidence of in-service injury or disease.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral pes valgoplanus and granted it, finding that the preexisting condition worsened during service.

The Board dismissed the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an unspecified pulmonary disorder as secondary to cigarette smoking due to the issue being part and parcel of his already service-connected asbestos related pleural disease.