Other conditions decisions — 2007

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VCAA notice and failure to verify the veteran's claimed stressor events.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to missing VA records and will review the claims again after obtaining these records.

The Board found that the appellant's deceased husband did not have valid service to qualify her for VA death benefits.

The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized private medical expenses for treatment on March 3, 2005 is granted because the treatment was emergent and a VA facility was not feasibly available.

The veteran is seeking increased ratings for his service-connected post-operative left and right lower extremity varicose veins. The case has been remanded due to the need for a new VA examination.

The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred during a private hospitalization on September 27 and September 28, 2004 is denied.

The Board has granted service connection for malaria and the issue of residuals of mine fragment wounds is remanded for further development.

The veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's claim for reimbursement of unauthorized private medical expenses incurred at Lee Memorial Hospital and Tampa Memorial Hospital from May 22, 2005 to June 28, 2005 is being remanded due to the cancellation of his scheduled hearing.

The Board has determined that the appellant's discharge from service is a bar to VA benefits due to his bad conduct discharge resulting from a sentence of a general court martial.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected peripheral vascular disease contributed to his death, and therefore grants service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical clarification regarding the severity of the veteran's kidney disability and readjudicating both issues: an increased rating for left ureteropelvic junction obstruction and entitlement to a TDIU.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a neck injury, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to service or a service-connected disability.

The Board found no evidence of a continuing lung disability that was incurred or aggravated by active military service, and thus denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining records from the State of Alabama and Social Security Administration (SSA).

The veteran's income has exceeded the maximum applicable statutory level for eligibility for pension benefits, and therefore his claim seeking entitlement to disability pension benefits is denied.

The Board has determined that the appellant is entitled to a partial waiver of recovery for the overpayment of DIC benefits, resulting in an amount of $82,751.00.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected disabilities did not cause or contribute substantially to his death from lung cancer.

The VA determined that the appellant did not have qualifying service and therefore is ineligible for VA benefits.

The Board has determined that the veteran's astigmatism and presbyopia are not service-connected as they are considered refractive errors, which are not diseases or injuries for VA compensation purposes.