Other conditions decisions — 2006

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, finding no current diagnosis of the condition and thus denying his claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's herpes encephalitis was incurred in service, granting his claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for irritable bowel syndrome as due to an undiagnosed illness, finding that he was not entitled to this benefit.

The Board has vacated the March 13, 2000 decision denying service connection for a bowel disorder and granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome in January 2004. As a result, the issue of service connection for bowel disorder is moot.

The Board has determined that the veteran's cardiovascular disorder is service-connected, with some relationship to his in-service diagnosis of paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia and subsequent diagnosis of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

The Board has dismissed the veteran's claims due to his death.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral foot disorder, sleep disorder, and left leg vascular condition. The claim for increased rating of right ear hearing loss was also denied.

The Board has granted a 40 percent evaluation for the veteran's right leg varicose vein disorder, and a 10 percent evaluation for his left leg varicose vein disorder. The claim for TDIU is denied, as the evidence does not show that the veteran is unemployable due to service-connected disabilities. The temporary total rating based on hospitalization is also denied.

The veteran's overpayment of VA compensation benefits is being reviewed due to her disagreement with the calculation and she has requested a detailed financial statement.

The Board has determined that service connection is not warranted for the veteran's back disability and that increased ratings are not warranted for any of the shell-fragment wound residuals.

The Board finds that the veteran's cause of death, a hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident, was not caused or contributed to by any service-connected disability. The evidence does not establish a causal relationship between thrombophlebitis and the veteran's death.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for initial compensable evaluations for his service-connected bilateral cataracts, diabetic neuropathy of both lower extremities, and peripheral vascular occlusive disease of both lower extremities. The RO assigned noncompensable ratings under a direct service connection theory.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a liver disorder and jaw disorder, both claimed as secondary to Agent Orange exposure. The preponderance of the evidence does not support these claims.

The veteran's initial claim for service connection for residuals of a fracture of the left tibial plateau was received on February 12, 2003, more than one year after discharge from his last period of active service in April 1983. Therefore, an effective date prior to February 12, 2003, for service connection is not warranted.

The veteran's service is not considered active military, naval, or air service for VA pension purposes. The appellant's claims for nonservice-connected death pension and accrued benefits are denied as she did not file her claims within one year of the veteran's death.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a loss of the sense of taste and a loss of the sense of smell, finding that there is no evidence to support these claims.

The Board found that the appellant did not file a timely substantive appeal regarding her claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, and thus dismissed the appeal.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have cellulitis due to service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that there was no competent evidence linking the veteran's claimed conditions to service or any presumptive exposure basis. The claims for service connection were denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a head injury, finding that there was insufficient evidence to establish service connection.