Other conditions decisions — 2006

The Board found that the veteran's current back disability was not incurred in service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's current eye condition is not related to his service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's failure to report his incarceration resulted in an overpayment of pension benefits. The Board finds that recovery would be against equity and good conscience due to financial hardship, unjust enrichment, and other factors. Therefore, the request for waiver is granted.

The Board has granted service connection for joint pain, memory loss, and skin rash as manifestations of an undiagnosed illness incurred during active duty in the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations.

The Board found that the appellant's muscle injury residuals did not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5319, and therefore denied her claim.

The Board found that the veteran's in-service left leg numbness and weakness were likely manifestations of his later diagnosed lumbar spine disease, not avascular necrosis of the left hip. Therefore, service connection for avascular necrosis of the left hip was denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's soft tissue surrounding small exostosis left lung, status post lung injury does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under either the old or new rating criteria.

The veteran's appeal for an increased rating for his service-connected hiatal hernia has been withdrawn, resulting in the dismissal of the case.

The Board has determined that the appellant's death pension should be reduced to $90 per month due to her Medicaid-covered nursing home status, and this decision is denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for diplopia as there is no current diagnosis of this condition.

The Board found that the veteran's overpayment of Section 306 pension benefits was properly created and calculated, and denied his claim for waiver of recovery due to bad faith.

The VA has determined that the veteran's benign right scrotal cyst does not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation as it is not productive of voiding dysfunction or renal dysfunction.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims due to incomplete service records and the need for a VA examination.

The VA has determined that the veteran's bilateral foot calluses and bunions, which were surgically treated in December 2002, do not warrant a compensable evaluation as they do not meet the criteria for any of the applicable diagnostic codes.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed pulmonary disorder, restless leg syndrome, venous disease in the lower extremities, and low blood pressure of the legs were not incurred or aggravated by service. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for any of these conditions.

The Board has determined that the reductions of the veteran's disability ratings for metastatic cancer to the lungs and right testicular teratoma status-post right orchiectomy are proper, effective November 1, 2002.

The Board denied the veteran's applications to reopen his service connection claims for residuals of a laceration to the forehead and a skin condition, finding no new and material evidence presented.

The veteran's claim for aid and attendance was received on September 7, 2001. The VA found that the appellant needed assistance to dress herself and bathe herself, meeting the criteria for regular aid and attendance.

The Board has determined that the veteran's peripheral vascular disease, claimed as a circulatory problem, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and is therefore denied.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence linking the veteran's death to his service, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.