Other conditions decisions — 2006

The Board has reopened the claims for enucleation of the right eye and post-traumatic encephalopathy, secondary to service-connected residuals of a right leg gunshot wound. Service connection is granted for both conditions.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a left hand injury, finding no evidence to support his contention that he sustained such an injury during service or that any current condition is related to service.

The veteran does not have a current skin disability that is attributable to his military service.

The Board found no evidence to support the veteran's claim that his current skin disorder, including bullous or cicatrical pemphigoid, was incurred during service or is related to his service-connected hepatitis. The preponderance of the evidence does not establish a nexus between the veteran's current condition and his military service.

The Board denied service connection for colon cancer as a result of exposure to Agent Orange and also denied compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to lack of evidence supporting the claims.

The Board has granted service connection for alopecia areata and seborrheic keratosis as secondary to the veteran's service-connected PTSD. The effective date remains October 5, 2001.

The Board found that the veteran is reasonably discharging his responsibility for child support, and thus does not meet the criteria for a general apportionment. As such, an apportionment of the veteran's VA compensation benefits was denied.

The Board has ordered further development to verify the veteran's claimed inservice stressors and determine if they are sufficient for service connection of PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining relevant medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to new evidence submitted by the veteran, and the claim will be reconsidered with this additional information.

The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's intraspinal neurilemmoma at T-10, finding that it is more likely than not caused by exposure to ionizing radiation during military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for sexual dysfunction, finding no relationship between his military service or a service-connected condition and his current disability. The evidence did not support a link between the veteran's prostatitis and his sexual dysfunction.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for basic eligibility for VA educational assistance benefits under Chapter 30, Title 38, United States Code due to his initial enlistment obligation not meeting the required three-year period and his subsequent discharge being less than honorable.

The Board found that the evidence submitted by the appellant does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, and thus denied the reopening of the claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic back pain and disc condition, as well as her claim for an increased evaluation for major depressive disorder. The Board found no evidence linking these conditions to service.

The veteran is seeking a waiver of recovery for an overpayment in the amount of $5,114.00 and accrued interest. The Committee denied his request due to lack of evidence showing financial hardship. The case is being remanded to obtain updated financial information from the veteran.

The veteran's death was due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The appellant claims reimbursement for expenses related to the veteran's last sickness and burial, but these expenses are not considered related to his last illness.

The VA determined that the appellant's deceased spouse did not have qualifying military service, thus denying her eligibility for VA death benefits.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions, including restless leg syndrome and circulatory abnormalities, were not incurred in or aggravated by service. The veteran's laceration scar of the left calf does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected sebaceous cysts, multiple is being remanded due to the inadequacy of a previous VA examination. The case needs to be readjudicated with consideration of whether separate evaluations are warranted for scars located in multiple areas.