Other conditions decisions — 2007

The Board has ordered the case back to the RO for further development, including providing notice and scheduling a VA examination. The veteran's claim will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and earlier effective date for PTSD, as well as his claim to reopen a previously denied claim of service connection for a colon and rectal disorder. The evidence submitted since December 1989 was not considered new and material.

The Board found no evidence of a pulmonary disorder during service or within the presumptive period, and concluded that any current condition is not related to military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected erectile dysfunction, manifested by loss of erectile power without any penis deformity, does not warrant a compensable evaluation.

The Board has determined that the appellant cannot be considered as a surviving spouse of the veteran due to her not being married at the time of his death and because she did not meet the requirements for a deemed valid marriage under VA regulations.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury due to new and material evidence submitted since the September 1994 rating decision. The issue of whether there was CUE in the September 1994 rating decision regarding service connection for residuals of spinal and head injuries is not addressed as it pertains to reopening rather than granting the claim.

The VA examination and treatment records do not provide objective evidence of excessive sweating, thus denying the claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's systemic lupus erythematosus is not related to her active duty training and therefore denied service connection for this condition.

The veteran's disability compensation benefits were properly reduced to a 10 percent rating due to his incarceration. However, the legal requirements for apportionment of the veteran's compensation for dependent children during incarceration have not been met.

The VA denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for her service-connected residuals of bilateral bunionectomy and hammertoes, finding that they did not warrant a rating in excess of 20 percent.

The veteran's service-connected right eye disability does not meet the criteria for a TDIU rating as his other disabilities do not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral numbness of the hands and arthritic spurs of the elbows with medial epicondylitis were denied. The VA compensation claim under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 was also denied.,There is no clear indication that any of these conditions are related to service or a service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have any left thigh disorder, residuals of an infection of the right leg or residuals of a head injury that is related to service. The appellant's current conditions are attributed to his service-connected RSD (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome).

The Board found no current diagnosis of multiple myeloma and thus denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The veteran is not entitled to payment of compensation at the monthly rate of $2,163 from July 1, 1989 to December 28, 1993.

The Board found that there is no evidence of any earlier unadjudicated formal or informal claim for the residuals of a fracture of the coccyx, and thus denied an effective date earlier than October 5, 2001.

The veteran did not have wartime military service, which means he is ineligible for death pension benefits.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to October 16, 2003, for the grant of service connection for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) because the determination was made pursuant to the authority of the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001, not the Agent Orange Act of 1991.

The Board is requesting a VA examiner to provide an addendum opinion on whether the veteran's preexisting left eye disorder worsened beyond its natural progression during service. The case will be remanded for further development and consideration.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for right hand disability, finding that there is no evidence to link his current condition to his military service.