Other conditions decisions — 2008

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 60 percent for Crohn's disease and for TDIU, finding that the evidence did not support an increased disability rating or individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for IgM nephropathy with focal sclerosing glomerulonephritis, finding that there was no evidence linking his current kidney disability to his military service.

The veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including a comprehensive VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected dyspepsia.

The veteran's claims for service connection for ringworm fungus and a skin rash, both related to exposure to herbicides, are being remanded due to the need for additional development of VA treatment records.

The Board found that the veteran's menstrual disorder, including as due to an undiagnosed illness, is not related to her service and denied the claim.

The veteran's son, C., was not permanently incapable of self-support due to ADHD prior to his 18th birthday. The Board found that the evidence did not show he was permanently incapable of self-support before age 18.

The Board found that the veteran's stomach ulcers were not incurred in or aggravated by service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The VA examiner's opinion was more probative than Dr. E.R.D.'s, who provided inconsistent conclusions with the evidence.

The Board has remanded the case for further procedural development, including scheduling a personal hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral leg disorder was denied due to lack of new and material evidence. The claims for increased ratings for PTSD, pes planus, hearing loss, and diabetes mellitus with diabetic retinopathy were also denied.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and VA medical records, providing VCAA notice, and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board has denied the veteran's attempts to reopen his claims for service connection for an eye disorder, chronic ear disease, and residuals of a fracture of the left and right mastoid status post-bilateral mastoidectomy due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board found that the cause of the veteran's death, metastatic colon cancer, was not related to his service or exposure to herbicides. Therefore, the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current foot deformities are related to his service, specifically wearing ill-fitting shoes during active duty. As a result, the claim for service connection is granted.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the veteran's death, as they have no jurisdiction in such cases.

The Board found that the cause of death, pneumonia, was not service-connected. The underlying condition, myocardial infarction, which occurred two weeks prior to death and contributed to the cause of death, was also not service-connected.

The veteran's claim for service connection for nervousness, change in vision and speech, and depressed mood was denied. The appeal of the TDIU rating effective earlier than April 16, 1992 is pending at the time of his death.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining relevant medical records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature of his current back disorder.

The Board denied the claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for PTSD for accrued benefits purposes, finding that the veteran's PTSD did not result in occupational and social impairment warranting a higher rating. The appeal regarding cause of death is pending.

The veteran's lung cancer was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and is not proximately due to or the result of claimed exposure to herbicide agents.