Other conditions decisions — 2005

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining his service medical records and conducting a VA examination. The skin condition claim will be addressed in light of presumed exposure to Agent Orange during service.

The Board has ordered additional development regarding the cause of the veteran's death, including a request for an advisory medical opinion from the Under Secretary for Health. The case will be re-adjudicated after this development.

The Board has determined that the veteran's infertility is not related to service or exposure to ionizing radiation, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has dismissed the issue of whether an earlier effective date for a 10 percent rating for left Achilles tendonitis is warranted, as it is not separate and distinct from the question of what initial rating to be assigned for the disorder.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for tendonitis of both legs, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The Board has vacated its previous decision and is remanding the case for further development of evidence, including consideration of additional evidence not previously considered by the Board.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a travel board hearing. The specific issues of evaluating neurogenic bladder dysfunction and bowel dysfunction are still pending.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for spondylolisthesis and spondylosis of the low back from February 4, 1997. The current evaluation is 20 percent.

The Board has determined that the April 1981 rating decision contained clear and unmistakable error in failing to consider a previously unacted-upon claim filed by the veteran on February 4, 1975. As such, service connection for toxic psychosis is granted with an effective date of January 31, 1975.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete records and need for further examination.

The claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is being remanded due to procedural defects in notification and development.

The Board has determined that the veteran's lichen planus warrants a 10 percent rating, effective from August 2003.

The veteran is appealing the recoupment of overpayment of VA disability pension benefits. The issue before the Board is whether the overpayment has been properly recouped by VA.

The veteran's initial 10% ratings for postoperative residuals of a right toe medial hallux and left bunionectomy and lateral hallux have been granted. The RO has ordered further VA examination to determine if higher ratings are warranted based on additional clinical findings.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a diagnosed current disability of his right arm and denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for complications from a bypass surgery performed in 1998, but the claim has been remanded due to lack of clarification and need for further examination.

The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA pension benefits, finding that his request was not timely filed within the 180-day period following notification of the overpayment.

The VA denied the appellant's claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of her husband's death, attributing it to colo-rectal carcinoma and linking it to Agent Orange exposure during his Vietnam service. The July 1994 rating decision became final.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for a scar on his left knee, finding no new and material evidence to reopen his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma service connection claim. The case is being remanded for further development.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to assess the current severity of his T-11 fracture residuals and whether his lumbar spine disability is related to an in-service motor vehicle accident. The claim for service connection will be reconsidered based on this additional evidence.