Other conditions decisions — 2003

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues regarding the veteran's claim for service connection for insomnia. The case is now being sent back to the RO for additional examination and review.

Your case is being sent back to the Regional Office for further development and consideration of your claim for service connection for an epidural abscess with osteomyelitis.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for a higher evaluation for his service-connected residuals of a fractured ilium, acetabulae, left hip. The evidence showed no more than slight hip disability.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a lung disorder, claimed as due to exposure to mustard gas. The case is being remanded for additional development and consideration.

The VA determined that the veteran's urinary incontinence was not caused by a VA medical treatment, specifically the visual laser ablation of the prostate performed in 1994.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence had been submitted, thus reopening the claim for service connection of a spine disorder. The case is now remanded to provide additional development.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed because he died during the pendency of his appeal, and thus the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a stomach disability, finding that there was no evidence showing a nexus between the current disability and service.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending evidence and the court's decision invalidating certain regulations. The case is now remanded for additional development.

The veteran's service-connected right shoulder disability was granted, but the RO is now remanding to determine if a higher rating is warranted.

The Board denied reopening the veteran's claims for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for varicose veins and an increased rating for low back strain with disc bulging, finding no evidence of current disability or in-service occurrence.

The Board has determined that a compensable rating for the veteran's service-connected right fourth metacarpal fracture residuals is not warranted based on the current evidence of record.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right epididymitis does not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent, as there is no evidence of urinary retention requiring intermittent or continuous catheterization. The hearing loss issue remains at noncompensable.

The veteran's service-connected dementia praecox, paranoid, in remission is being reviewed for a rating since December 1, 1947. The case is also being considered to restore the service connection for this condition.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for nonservice-connected pension benefits on the basis that he did not have recognized service with the United States Armed Forces to establish eligibility.

The Board has ordered further development in the veteran's case due to pending issues and evidence needs. The appeal is currently remanded for additional development.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to new judicial precedent invalidating certain regulations.

The Board found that the veteran's degenerative disease of the lower back is not proximately due to, the result of, or aggravated by his service-connected residuals of a crush injury to the right foot. The RO denied service connection for this condition.