Other conditions decisions — 2003

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues and is remanding the case back to the Regional Office for additional consideration.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of fractures and injuries to the right thumb, right third finger, left thumb, and fingers. The veteran's current diagnoses are not related to his military service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of catarrhal fever was denied as there is no current evidence of such residuals and the condition is not shown to have been incurred in active duty.

Your case has been remanded for further development. The issues of service connection for dental disability, skin disability, gastrointestinal disability, and malaria remain under review.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues and is remanding the case back to the RO for additional consideration.

The VA denied a compensable rating for the veteran's service-connected fracture of the left radius, finding that the evidence did not support a higher evaluation based on limitation of motion or pain.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for payment of unauthorized medical treatment due to a lack of further development or evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for a back injury, finding that the evidence supports a direct link to military service.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues and is remanding the case back to the RO for additional consideration.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability. The evidence did not support higher schedular ratings, and there were no exceptional circumstances preventing the veteran from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The veteran's appeal has been dismissed because he died during the pendency of his appeal.

The veteran's claim for a higher initial rating for his back disability was granted, with the effective date being March 18, 1997.

The veteran's claims for an increased rating for his thoracic spine disability and a TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination.

The Board has determined that the submitted evidence does not bear directly and substantially upon the issue of service connection for body stiffness, to include as secondary to service-connected paranoid schizophrenia. The claim is therefore not reopened.

The Board is remanding the case to the RO for consideration of new evidence and a readjudication of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a skin condition, variously diagnosed.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran does not have Bell's palsy or any disabling residuals thereof, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for orchiectomy, residuals of undescended testicle due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the veteran's death in October 2001.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claim of service connection for residuals of radiation exposure. The veteran's previous claims were denied due to lack of evidence supporting his assertions of radiation exposure during service.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected fracture of the proximal phalanx, right ring finger with flexor tendon reconstruction (major), finding that he is already receiving the maximum schedular rating.