Other conditions decisions — 2007

The Board has remanded the DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 and Reduction and Termination of Death Pension Benefits claims for further development to ensure compliance with the VCAA notice and duty-to-assist provisions.

The veteran is entitled to special monthly compensation for loss of use of a creative organ due to service-connected erectile dysfunction.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a back disability, including kyphosis and sacroiliac instability, finding no evidence of current disabilities or aggravation during service.

The Board has determined that the appellant's income exceeds the statutory limits for entitlement to death pension benefits, regardless of the veteran's honorable service. Therefore, her claim is denied.

The Board has ordered additional development to obtain relevant medical records from the veteran's May 1981 hospitalization at Laughlin Air Force Base. The case will be remanded for further review based on all available evidence.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death due to stomach cancer, finding that there was no evidence linking the veteran's stomach cancer to his military service or any incident therein, including exposure to ionizing radiation.

The Board found no evidence of a chronic disability manifested by swollen lymph nodes, and denied the veteran's claims for service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for a skin rash and assigned a 30 percent evaluation for migraine headaches, effective December 30, 2017. The veteran disagrees with the effective date of this decision.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an apportionment of his VA disability compensation benefits to the appellant and her children, finding that he was reasonably discharging his responsibility for their support.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a chronic right hip disorder to include degenerative joint disease, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his wartime service or any service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's service-connected basal cell carcinoma on the nose with squamous cell carcinoma of the left cheek and actinic keratoses of the face is not productive of factors that would warrant a higher rating under VA's schedular criteria.

The Board has determined that there is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's right hand disorder and essential tremor to his service. As a result, the claim for service connection is denied.

The Board has dismissed the appeal as the appellant's indebtedness to VA has been written off, resolving the overpayment issue.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of a left eye cataract extraction performed by VA, finding no fault on VA's part and that the event was not reasonably foreseeable.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected patellofemoral syndrome of the left and right knees, as well as an extension of a temporary total rating due to surgical convalescence, were denied by the Board.

The veteran seeks service connection for idiopathic progressive right hemibody spasticity, claimed as due to in-service herbicide exposure. The RO denied the claim based on a finding that the disability was not first shown in service and is not one of the listed diseases for which service connection is presumed based on in-service herbicide exposure. The case is REMANDED for further development.

The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected thyromegaly does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating, as it does not involve tachycardia or tremor and has not required continuous medication for thyroid control.

The Board found that the evidence did not connect the veteran's current right hip disability with an event in service, and denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his service-connected shrapnel wounds to the left leg, thigh, and sacral region were denied as there is no evidence of additional disability warranting higher ratings.

The veteran's eligibility for Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code, ends at the appellant's 31st birthday on May [redacted], 2004. The appeal is denied.