Other conditions decisions — 2007

The Board has determined that the veteran is not entitled to special monthly pension based on need for regular aid and attendance due to his inability to perform one of the enumerated disabling conditions, but does not meet the criteria for blindness or confinement in a nursing home.

The Board has determined that the veteran's degenerative joint disease of the bilateral knees is causally related to his active duty service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board found that the veteran's right leg condition did not pre-exist service and was not aggravated by service. However, there is no competent medical evidence linking his current right leg condition to service.

The Board found that the veteran's right eye cataract did not have a causal relationship to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the submitted evidence does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for arthritis of the lower extremities.

The Board found that the veteran's left knee condition is not related to his service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that recovery of the overpayment in this case would be against equity and good conscience, thus granting the veteran's waiver.

The Board has determined that the veteran's death was not caused by his service-connected conditions, and two VA physicians have provided opinions against the appellant's claim.

The Board has determined that the evidence submitted since the December 1991 rating decision is not new and material, thus denying the reopening of the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a dental disability, finding that his missing and carious teeth were not disabilities warranting compensation.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating of his service-connected chondromalacia of the right patella is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for VA death benefits as her deceased husband did not have valid military service to qualify her for these benefits.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for residuals of pilonidal sinus excision, finding that the veteran's condition did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under VA's skin disorders rating criteria.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for left hip disorder and right hip strain. The denial is based on a lack of evidence showing that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's preexisting developmental bilateral hip dysplasia, which was aggravated by his military service, warrants service connection for dysplasia arthritis of the hips.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected nasal injury was denied as the current 10 percent disability rating is the maximum allowed under the applicable rating criteria.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including providing notice compliant with Kent v. Nicholson.

The veteran died from Lou Gehrig's disease, but there is no evidence linking this condition to his military service. The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for pyorrhea and heart disease secondary to pyorrhea, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability or persistent symptoms related to his military service. The Board also found insufficient competent medical evidence to associate any post-service heart disease with his active duty.

The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected stress fracture of the left hip does not warrant a higher rating, as it only causes slight impairment and no more than slight disability.