Other conditions decisions — 2005

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development due to the need for a VA examination of his service-connected left mandible condition.

The veteran's appeal is remanded for development of a missing radiological study and for a new VA examination to determine the severity of his service-connected right foot disability.

The Board denied increased disability ratings for gunshot wounds to the feet in 1952, finding no clear and unmistakable error. The decision is upheld.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for an apportionment of the veteran's VA benefits on behalf of his children due to lack of response from the appellant and her children.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right eye injury during service was acute and transitory, resolving completely by separation. The current macular scar in his right eye is not linked to any incident of service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's Paget's disease is not attributable to his period of military service and therefore denied the claim for service connection.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals denied the veteran's claim for service connection for Huntington's chorea.

The veteran's application for enrollment in the VA healthcare system was denied due to his income being above the means test threshold and not meeting any other eligibility criteria, including those for priority groups.

The veteran's bronchiectasis with lobectomy causes near constant findings of cough with purulent sputum and requires antibiotic usage almost continuously, warranting a 60 percent rating.

The VA has granted service connection for herpes progenitalis/condyloma acuminate and the removal of lipomas from the mid back and right upper buttock, but assigned noncompensable evaluations.

The Board has determined that the preponderance of the evidence supports granting service connection for the residuals of a TURP, as it is proximately due to or the result of service-connected prostatitis.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including providing notice to the appellant regarding her eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under Chapter 35 and obtaining photocopies of a medical text referenced in the July 2002 statement of the case.

The Board denied service connection for arthritis of the spine, concluding that there is no evidence to support a finding that it was incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board has granted a 10% rating for the veteran's TMJ disability as of July 20, 2000. Prior to that date, the condition did not warrant any compensation.

The veteran is seeking an increased evaluation for his service-connected right defective hearing, which is currently rated at 10 percent. The RO must consider the claim under all applicable regulations and readjudicate it in light of any changes to the rating criteria.

The veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is denied as the injury claimed was not caused by or coincidental to VA treatment.

The veteran's claim for service connection for orthodontic malocclusion has been granted. The issue of service connection for flat feet remains pending and needs to be remanded.

The Board finds that the veteran's osteopenia and osteoporosis are related to her in-service use of Depo-Provera for suppressing menstrual periods, resolving in favor of granting service connection.

The Board has determined that the appellant was not the veteran's legal spouse at the time of his death, and thus is not eligible for VA benefits as a surviving spouse.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for transitional cell carcinoma of the prostate is currently pending and needs further development.