Other conditions decisions — 2004

The veteran's death was due to gastric adenocarcinoma, which he complained of for a significant period prior to its discovery. The appellant claims that the VA failed to diagnose and treat his condition promptly, leading to his premature death.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection of cerebral ataxia, which was previously denied in August 1998. The reopened claim will now be reviewed.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim and found that new evidence shows R.M., Jr. became permanently incapable of self-support prior to his eighteenth birthday, allowing him to be recognized as a 'child' of the veteran for VA purposes.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a supraglottic mass in the hypopharynx and larynx areas is being remanded due to incomplete records, lack of medical examination, and need for further evidence.

The Board found that the veteran's current spinal condition and loss of feeling in the left foot were not caused by VA treatment, including prostate surgery performed in May 1998. Therefore, compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 are denied.

The Board found no evidence of pneumonia during service and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's heart disease was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and is not related to his service-connected GERD.

The VA granted service connection for dementia due to head trauma and assigned a 10 percent evaluation effective October 9, 1992.

The veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for impotency and bilateral groin pain resulting from VA medical treatment, but the case must be remanded to obtain a medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Board has determined that the veteran's substantive appeal from the June 1997 denial of a compensable rating for a hammertoe deformity was timely filed, and thus grants the appeal.

The veteran's skin disability and bilateral hearing loss were not granted service connection, and the noncompensable rating for his hearing loss was denied.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for improved death pension benefits due to her income exceeding the maximum allowable limit.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination and VCAA compliance.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been presented to reopen the claims for service connection for sterility and a knot on the testicle due to exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicide during service. The veteran's conditions are considered secondary to his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder.

The veteran is seeking compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a rectal condition (to include rectal bleeding) due to VA treatment for prostate cancer. The claim must be remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting examinations.

The Board found that the veteran's current hematuria is not related to his service, specifically an automobile accident in June 1955. The Board concluded that there was no evidence linking the veteran's current condition to any incident during service.

The Board has granted a rating of 30 percent for chronic pelvic pain to include Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Adenomyosis, and Chronic Vaginitis.

The Board found that the veteran's cause of death due to chronic myelocytic leukemia in blast crisis was not related to service or a service-connected disability. The claim for service connection as a result of exposure to Agent Orange was also denied.

The Board found that the cause of the veteran's death, a cerebral vascular accident resulting in aspiration pneumonia, was not incurred or aggravated by active service.

The Board found that the veteran's right elbow disorder, diagnosed as lateral epicondylitis, postoperative, was not incurred in service and denied her claim for service connection.