Other conditions decisions — 2001

The Board has dismissed all appeals as the appellant did not file a timely substantive appeal regarding the severance of service connection for degenerative joint disease of the thoracic spine.

The Board found that a timely substantive appeal was not received as to the April 1998 adverse rating determination, and thus denied the claim.

The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of death pension benefits due to her bad faith in failing to report income from SunTrust Bank, resulting in a loss to the government.

The veteran's service-connected residuals of a right foot shell fragment wound, to include nerve injury, were evaluated as 10 percent disabling from April 30, 1993 until September 18, 1998.,From September 18, 1998, the disability was rated at 20 percent.

The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected duodenal ulcer, currently rated at 20 percent.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional medical examinations and development of records. The veteran's claim for an increased rating for postoperative varicose veins and thrombophlebitis of the right leg is pending.

The Board has granted a 10 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected recurrent yeast infections, effective from the date of the grant of service connection.

The Board has remanded the case due to new law requirements and will conduct further development before deciding on the claim of service connection for PTSD.

The Board denied the appellant's application to reopen her claim for basic eligibility for VA benefits due to a lack of new and material evidence, as the submitted evidence was either redundant or not relevant to the question at hand.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for spondylolisthesis, finding that new and material evidence had not been presented.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for the residuals of a back injury and granted it. The claims for ulcer disease and skin disease (claimed as a residual of Agent Orange exposure) were denied.

The Board has granted service connection for a hiatal hernia and found that the veteran's skin disorder claim is inapplicable to VA compensation purposes.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating higher than 10 percent for her service-connected condyloma and for a temporary total rating of 100 percent under 38 C.F.R. § 4.30.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, entitlement to accrued VA compensation benefits, DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, and nonservice-connected death pension benefits due to lack of entitlement under the law.

The Board has granted a 10 percent disability rating for the veteran's residuals of a fracture of the left distal fibula, effective from June 26, 1998.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of a right nephrectomy and the RO denied service connection for dental disability, to include as the result of VA medical treatment. The veteran's submitted evidence is not new and material in these cases.

The VA has denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for his service-connected residuals of anterior poliomyelitis and special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for basic eligibility for VA benefits because her deceased husband had no qualifying service with the U.S. Armed Forces.

The Board found that the overpayment of VA improved pension benefits in the amount of $1,626.66 was not properly created due to administrative error and therefore granted the veteran's waiver request.

The Board has granted service connection for adenocarcinoma of the prostate and assigned an initial disability rating of 100 percent, effective from June 8, 1999. The veteran's claim falls under a liberalizing law that allows benefits to be authorized for a period of one year prior to the date of receipt of such request.