Other conditions decisions — 2002

The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a herniated disc at L5-S1 warrant a 40 percent rating, which is granted.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of her husband's death and for an earlier effective date for DIC benefits, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the December 1973 rating decision.

The VA determined that the veteran's current skin disorder did not have its onset in service and is not an undiagnosed illness, thus denying his claim for service connection.

The Board found no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current disability of the right upper extremity to service, and denied service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran's gastrointestinal disability manifested by diarrhea is not due to disease or injury incurred in service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a left eye disorder, finding that there is no legal basis to grant secondary service connection due to lack of established service connection for a right eye disability.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for VA nonservice-connected pension benefits, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral eye disabilities, finding that his current conditions are not related to his active military service.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including a laceration of the left hand with residual neurological damage and loss of muscular substance of the thenar eminence, do not warrant higher ratings or a TDIU based on these conditions.

The veteran's TDIU claim is granted due to the service-connected heart condition resulting from VA medical treatment in October 1995, which prevents him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Board found no evidence of a left leg and foot injury during service, leading to the denial of service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for restoration of a total rating based on individual unemployability, finding that his entitlement was rightly terminated due to an error of commission.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a psychophysiological GI disorder or non-ulcer dyspepsia with reflux that was incurred during military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected low back disability does not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection have been denied. The evidence received since the February 1989 rating decision does not provide new and material evidence to reopen his claim of a liver disorder, and he did not have a diagnosed liver condition during service or at any time thereafter.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, including ovarian cysts present prior to this surgery. The evidence did not show a link between her gynecological problems and service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral defective hearing, which was previously denied in September 1948. The veteran is now entitled to have his claim reviewed on its merits.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD. The veteran engaged in combat with the enemy during his service in Vietnam, which supports his claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a foot disorder to include blisters, finding no evidence of current disability and noting that the only reported incident of blistering occurred during active duty.

The Board found no basis to warrant a compensable rating for the veteran's service-connected chronic prostatitis with urethritis, as the symptoms were not related to this condition.