Other conditions decisions — 2006

The veteran's appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination. The claim will be re-adjudicated after this development.

The Board has remanded the case for a new VA PTSD examination and to ensure compliance with VCAA notice requirements.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to insufficient reasons and bases in the previous decision regarding the increased rating for duodenal ulcer.

The case is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at a local VA Regional Office closest to the appellant's home. The appellant should be notified if her hearing request has been scheduled or withdrawn.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current disability due to clostridium difficile toxin is unrelated to his in-service episode of amebic dysentery, which resolved without residual disability.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions and Social Security Administration records. The veteran's claim for TDIU remains on appeal.

The veteran was granted a 100% rating for legal blindness due to head trauma effective May 17, 2004. The Board denied his request for an earlier effective date.

The veteran's claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected right scaphoid nonunion, status post surgical repair is being remanded due to incomplete development and procedural issues.

The veteran seeks compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for blindness in his left eye, which resulted from a November 2000 laser treatment at Scott & White Clinic. The case is remanded to obtain additional records and an addendum to the VA examination report.

The VA has determined that the veteran's dermatophytosis, currently rated at 10 percent, does not warrant a higher rating based on the evidence of record.

The Board has determined that the debt of $2808.00 was issued erroneously and should be considered as due to sole administrative error, thus only a valid portion of $656.00 remains.

The VA determined that the veteran does not currently have a lung disorder that involves any asbestos-related disease, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining the veteran's complete personnel file and medical records from Dr. Strasnick.

The Board has determined that the veteran is not entitled to a higher initial evaluation for his left arm disability, and there is no legal entitlement to an earlier effective date as he was not service-connected until private medical records were received on July 18, 2002.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development due to incomplete records and further investigation.

The Board denied accrued benefits as the veteran did not have an unadjudicated claim pending at the time of his death.

The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim for revocation of a forfeiture of VA death benefits, finding that she did not submit new and material evidence on the issue.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, but denied the claim as there is no credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressor occurred.

The veteran's benign pleural plaques are found to be due to inservice asbestos exposure and service connection is granted.

The Board has determined that the reduction of the veteran's disability compensation to a ten percent rate, effective from March 1, 1999, to April 1, 2001, due to incarceration for a felony conviction was proper under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 5313.