Other conditions decisions — 2006

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and will provide further action based on new evidence.

The Board has granted an effective date of December 17, 1999 for the grant of nonservice-connected disability pension.

The Board finds that the veteran served on active duty for at least 92 days, which is more than the required 90 days. The dates of lost time are not a matter of record and there is no additional evidence to clarify this issue. Therefore, the veteran meets the eligibility criteria for non-service-connected pension benefits.

The VA denied an increased rating for the appellant's left distal thigh disability, currently rated at 20 percent.

The VA denied the veteran's claims for an increased evaluation of his fracture of the right little finger carpal bone and service connection for his right jaw condition. The VA found that the evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection based on direct criteria.

The Board has determined that the veteran's left and right hip disorders were not incurred or aggravated during service, nor are they proximately due to his service-connected low back disorder.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss was also denied.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a total abdominal hysterectomy and infertility, both claimed as due to the use of an intrauterine device (IUD). The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected bilateral epidermophytosis and denied his claim for service connection for hammertoes.

The Board has denied the claims for service connection for the cause of death, accrued benefits, and basic eligibility for nonservice-connected death pension due to lack of evidence showing a relationship between the veteran's death and his service.

The Board has restored the veteran's service-connected right iliac aneurysm, left iliac aneurysm, and aortic abdominal aneurysm to their original 100% disability ratings. The evaluation for hypertension was increased from 10% to 60%. No effective date is provided as the decision pertains to current evaluations.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for paresthesia of the left inferior alveolar nerve and service connection for a periodontal condition, finding that the evidence did not support these claims.

The Board found that the evidence submitted since the August 1995 rating decision is not new and material, thus denying the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for a skin condition due to radiation exposure.

The veteran's request for a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) has not been satisfied, and his appeal is being remanded to schedule a video-conference hearing at the RO level.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused or contributed to by a service-connected disability. The claim for DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 was also denied as there is no evidence showing the veteran would have been entitled to total service-connected disability compensation.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of head trauma and defective vision of the left eye, as well as his petition to reopen a claim for service connection for defective vision of the left eye. The decision also denied an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic myelogenous leukemia and for leukemia due to exposure to Agent Orange, finding that there was no evidence of a direct relationship between these conditions and his military service. The cause of death (acute renal failure due to or as a consequence of chronic myelogenous leukemia) is also not considered service-connected.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal due to his death, and thus no effective date earlier than December 5, 2000, was granted.

The Board denied service connection for a genitourinary disability, but granted a 40% rating for the veteran's residuals of diskectomy and laminectomy at L5-S1 effective September 23, 2002.

The Board found that the veteran's current eye disability and accompanying vision loss were not incurred in or aggravated by his active military service.

The Board found that the veteran's additional disabilities, including back and leg pain and bowel/bladder incontinence, were not caused by or aggravated by VA treatment performed on August 30, 1996.