Other conditions decisions — 2006

The veteran's intercostal neuralgia disability is not shown to meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 20 percent. The Board also found that he does not meet the requirements for a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining SSA records and arranging for a VA examination to determine if the veteran's gastrointestinal disorder is related to service or her service-connected conditions.

The veteran's dermatomyositis is found to have begun during his military service and has been granted service connection.

The Board denied service connection for a respiratory disorder as there was no evidence of a current disability during or after service.

The Board found that the veteran's left acromioclavicular separation, by history, does not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a right ear disability that is attributable to service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a disability manifested by chronic chest pain due to disease or injury incurred in service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's shrapnel wound of the neck is related to his active military service and grants the claim for service connection.

The Board found no evidence of a skin condition during service and denied the claim for service connection as there was insufficient medical evidence to establish a nexus between the current skin condition and service.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected fracture residuals of the right hand, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on limited motion or unfavorable ankylosis.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for higher ratings for post-operative residuals of ulcerative colitis and left varicocele with retrograde ejaculation, finding that these conditions do not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected major depression did not cause or contribute substantially to her death from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

The veteran's service-connected inferior ischemia was granted, but with a noncompensable rating.

The Board found no evidence of a chronic lung condition in service or for many years thereafter and concluded that there is no nexus between the veteran's current lung disorders and his period of active military service from July 1944 to June 1951.

The veteran is seeking an effective date prior to January 11, 2002 for the grant of service connection for schizoaffective disorder. He contends that there was clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a rating decision from August 1988.

The case is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination and consideration of new evidence submitted by the veteran's son. The veteran's son will be evaluated to determine if he was permanently incapable of self-support prior to age 18.

The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic pancreatitis was caused by elevated triglycerides first shown during active military service, and thus granted service connection for pancreatitis.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to ambiguity in the record regarding whether he currently has active Lyme disease and if so, what the extent of his residuals are. The case must also be remanded for proper VCAA notice on effective date issues.

The veteran's fungal infections of the feet are related to foot infection in service and have been granted service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for his right knee chondromalacia and service connection for schizophrenia, tinnitus, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and a back disability as secondary to his service-connected right knee condition. The issues of reopening the claim for schizophrenia and service connection for tinnitus, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and a back disability as secondary to his service-connected right knee were remanded.