Other conditions decisions — 2007

The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of a trauma-related bilateral eye disorder, and thus service connection for residuals of a bilateral eye injury cannot be granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for ulcers and duodenitis, as well as his requests for increased evaluations for benign prostatic hypertrophy with prostatitis and cardiac dysrhythmia. The case is being remanded to comply with the February 2006 Board directives regarding a VA examination.

The Board has granted the appellant's claim for DIC, effective August 1, 2000. The appellant argues that earlier service records should have been considered to support her claim, but the Board finds these records were available and considered at the time of previous decisions.

The Board found that the overpayment of $1020.04 was solely due to administrative error and granted the waiver.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder related to herbicide exposure, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The Board found that the veteran's left heel disability, diagnosed as left medial tuberosity with an antalgic gait, is related to his service-connected calcaneal bone spur in his right foot. As a result, the veteran was granted service connection for this condition.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for a scar on his right lower extremity was denied as the evidence did not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation.

The Board found that the appellant's discharge from service was under conditions other than honorable due to willful and persistent misconduct, which rendered him ineligible for VA compensation benefits, including health care benefits.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly adjudicate the veteran's claim for service connection for a spinal disability as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. This includes obtaining medical records and providing the veteran with a VA examination.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current diagnoses of chronic cellulitis, chronic venous insufficiency, or chronic phlebitis. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.

The veteran is granted a 20 percent evaluation for status post radical retropubic prostatectomy, but service connection for multiple joint arthritis is denied.

The veteran's death was not substantially or materially contributed to by a service-connected disability. The Board found that the preponderance of evidence is against the appellant's claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board has determined that the overpayment of $998.00 in VA compensation benefits was improperly created due to sole administrative error, and therefore grants the veteran's appeal.

The veteran's service did not qualify him for nonservice-connected disability pension due to lack of wartime military service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for nonservice-connected death pension benefits as there is no evidence supporting a finding that he is the veteran's natural child, adopted child or stepchild. The appeal was dismissed due to lack of legal merit.

The veteran is seeking compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a stroke, but his claim was remanded due to inadequate VA medical opinion regarding the delay in treatment and its impact on his stroke.

The Board has determined that further development is needed for the appellant's claim of entitlement to burial benefits, including a plot or internment allowance. The case is being remanded to provide proper VCAA notice and consideration under the recently amended regulations.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected disabilities did not cause or contribute to his death, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The veteran's claim for PTSD was denied as she does not have the condition. The claims for service connection for a mental disorder other than PTSD and residuals of a back injury were also denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for Achilles tendonitis as there is no evidence of a current disability.