Other conditions decisions — 2004

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-operative breast cancer with bilateral mastectomies due to radiation exposure, finding no reasonable possibility that her condition was related to such exposure.

The veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional disability of the right eye was denied as there is no medical evidence showing that the veteran has the claimed condition as a result of VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of the VA.

The veteran is appealing the reduction of his schedular evaluation for Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma from 100 percent to 60 percent. The Board has remanded the case due to procedural issues and the need for additional development.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for multiple myeloma, finding that there was no evidence of exposure to ionizing radiation during his military service and thus not warranting a grant based on presumptive or secondary theories.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination and consideration of new regulations for evaluating disabilities of the skin.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a Travel Board hearing at the RO.

The veteran's initial increased evaluations for cold injury residuals of the feet and right foot have been granted effective from January 12, 1998.,Effective May 5, 2003, the veteran was assigned a 20 percent evaluation for his left foot cold injury residuals.

The Board denied the motion for review of the October 8, 2003 decision that granted an apportionment of the veteran's VA compensation benefits on behalf of his former spouse.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection for right hand arthritis, finding that there is no evidence of a current disability and that it is not related to his service-connected condition.

The Board has granted a 30% disability evaluation for fibroid tumors from January 21, 1994 to June 20, 1995. The veteran's postoperative residuals of hysterectomy are currently rated at 50%. The case is remanded for further development.

The VA denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, concluding that glioblastoma was not incurred in or aggravated by wartime service and did not have a direct link to any service-connected condition.

The Board has granted an increased evaluation of 30 percent for residuals of a right medial meniscectomy, effective June 24, 1994.

The Board found that the veteran's skin disability was incurred in active service and granted service connection for this condition.

The veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151, increased evaluation for left eye disability, and compensation for bilateral vision loss were all denied.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection of dysthymia as secondary to his service-connected back disability.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased evaluations for service-connected gunshot wound residuals of the left calf and right thigh, finding no legal entitlement to accrued benefits.

The Board has determined that the veteran's pernicious anemia had its onset during service and is related to his period of service, granting service connection for this condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for waiver of an overpayment of improved pension benefits originally calculated to be $1249, finding that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.

The veteran was granted a 20 percent evaluation for postoperative herniated nucleus pulposus status post partial laminectomy, L5-S1, with degenerative changes as of September 23, 2002.,A separate compensable evaluation was granted for the left knee disorder effective February 1, 2000.

The Board found that the veteran's 1966 gastrectomy did not result in an additional disability, and thus denied his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.