Other conditions decisions — 2006

The Board has granted a 60 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected fissure in ano and perirectal abscess, status post fistulectomy, based on extensive leakage and fairly frequent involuntary bowel movements.

The veteran's appeal is remanded for a new examination and to obtain updated VA treatment records. The case will be reviewed again to determine if higher ratings are warranted.

The Board found no evidence of a current groin disability or any nexus between the veteran's service and his claimed groin injury, resulting in denial of the claim.

The veteran's military service did not meet the threshold requirements for nonservice-connected pension benefits as they did not serve during a period of war, including the Vietnam era.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and procedural issues.

The Board denied a higher rating for schizo-affective disorder, finding the evidence did not meet criteria for a higher rating.

The Board found that the evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim on the merits, as it was clear that the underlying basis for the previous denials was that there was no in-service aggravation of a pre-existing back condition.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for a higher evaluation of his post-operative right tibia injury, maintaining that it did not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 20 percent.

The Board has granted a 30 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected old chorioretinitus, right eye, effective June 5, 2001. The veteran previously had a 10 percent rating prior to that date.

The veteran is seeking compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for blindness of the right eye resulting from surgeries performed at a VA medical center in April and September 1999. The case has been remanded to obtain additional medical records and conduct further examination.

The veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for residuals of a gunshot wound to the pancreas is being remanded due to issues related to other impairment resulting from the injury, including musculoskeletal injuries.

The veteran's increased ratings for degenerative changes of the right and left heels, as well as his post-operative scar on the left heel, were denied by the RO.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for macular degeneration of the eyes, to include as secondary to service-connected malaria or medication for malaria in a September 8, 1964 decision. The veteran is seeking revision on grounds of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his residuals of sacroiliac injury with traumatic arthritis of the sacroiliac joints, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on current symptomatology.

The veteran died of a nonservice-connected cause and did not meet the criteria for burial benefits as his death was not service connected, he had no pending claims for pension or compensation at the time of his death, and there was insufficient evidence to support an award of pension effective prior to his death.

The Board denied a disability rating higher than the current 40 percent for right greater trochanteric bursitis with post-traumatic arthritis of the right hip, finding that the evidence did not support an increase in evaluation.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for basic VA benefits due to his character of service being under other than honorable conditions, which bars him from receiving such benefits.

The Board has determined that the veteran currently does not have any disability from service head trauma, and therefore, service connection for residuals of a head injury is denied.

The veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and TDIU were denied as there was no evidence of an earlier date when the conditions became disabling.

The Board found no evidence of a current heart murmur or related disability, and concluded that the veteran's service connection claim for a heart murmur was denied.