Other conditions decisions — 2004

The Board found that the veteran's left great toe disability was not caused by VA care, treatment, or examination and thus denied his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Board finds that the veteran's right foot disability more nearly approximates the criteria for a 10 percent evaluation under DC 5310, which is currently assigned.

The veteran is seeking service connection for a back disability. The RO has ordered an attempt to obtain additional medical evidence, particularly records from the 1969 hospitalization and surgery.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code due to his eligibility period ending before he could apply and because no extension of his eligibility was requested or granted.

The Board has granted a waiver of recovery for an overpayment of compensation benefits due to the veteran's incorrect notification regarding his marital status, which led to the creation of the overpayment.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for colon cancer secondary to herbicide exposure and an increased rating for his left elbow fracture. The decision is pending on the issue of a higher rating.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and a need for further development of the veteran's treatment history.

The veteran's discharge from military service on May 16, 1975, was deemed to be under conditions which constitute a bar to the payment of VA benefits. The Board is remanding this matter for further development and consideration.

The veteran meets the criteria for basic entitlement to benefits under Chapter 31, Title 38, United States Code and has an employment handicap due to his service-connected disabilities. He is granted extension beyond the period of basic eligibility for a Chapter 31 vocational rehabilitation training.

The Board denied the veteran's request for a waiver to recover overpayment of special pension benefits, finding that his failure to report income from Social Security Administration (SSA) led to the overpayment and he acted in bad faith.

The Board denied an increased evaluation for the veteran's service-connected postoperative residuals of laceration over the dorsal aspect of the right third metacarpophalangeal joint, currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling.

The Board found that the veteran's neck pain is proximately due to, or the result of his service-connected carbuncle of the neck with surgical scars.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for right foot hammertoes with hallux valgus deformity and an increased evaluation for right carpal tunnel syndrome, finding no competent evidence linking these conditions to her military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for cubital tunnel syndrome, finding that his service-connected residuals of shell fragment wounds did not cause or aggravate this condition.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral conjunctivitis and denied claims for secondary service connection for early bilateral cataracts, status-post anterior uveitis of the left eye, defective vision, and post-operative bilateral excision of pterygium. Service connection was also denied for residuals of malaria.

The veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for his service-connected right knee chondromalacia patella is being remanded due to the need for further development, including scheduling a VA orthopedic examination.

The veteran's appeal is remanded for additional VA examination to determine the nature and severity of his service-connected severed ulnar digital nerve, right ring finger, free flexor grafts to the right middle, ring, and little finger, with neurorraphy ulnar digital nerve, right little finger.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizoaffective disorder is related to his active military service and grants service connection for this condition.

The VA determined that the veteran's Hodgkin's disease is not disabling enough to warrant a compensable rating, as it has been in complete remission since 1993.

The Board has determined that there is no objective evidence of chronic disabilities, manifested by cold intolerance, fever, or thirst. The veteran's claims for these conditions have been denied.