Other conditions decisions — 2008

The Board has determined that the veteran's current skin condition is not related to his active military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's service-connected dysthymic disorder and enucleation of the right eye do not render him unemployable due to their combined effect.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right forearm fracture residuals warrant a 20 percent disability rating, which is the maximum schedular rating available under Diagnostic Code 5206. The evidence does not show marked interference with employment or frequent periods of hospitalization due to this condition.

The Board has determined that the effective date for granting service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is December 1, 1982.

The Board found no evidence of a chronic eye disability related to service, and denied both the claim for service connection for eye floaters and the claim for special monthly compensation based on need for aid and attendance.

The veteran is not entitled to a compensable initial evaluation for residuals of a fracture of the fifth metacarpal, left hand.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current bilateral hip disorders, including avascular necrosis and degenerative joint disease, were not incurred or aggravated during his active service. The evidence does not support a finding of direct service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's multiple scars, residuals of multiple facial lacerations, meet the criteria for a 30 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 7800.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for PTSD based on new evidence, but finds that the veteran does not have PTSD related to his military service.

The Board found that the veteran's fifth finger injury was not caused or aggravated by an incident in service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board denied increased ratings for cold injury residuals of both the right and left feet, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent.

The veteran's squamous and basal cell carcinoma were granted an initial evaluation of 50 percent, effective February 6, 2006, with an extraschedular evaluation.

The Board found that the veteran does not have residuals of cold injuries of both lower extremities, and concluded that degenerative joint disease is not related to service connection.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the veteran's service-connected deviated nasal septum, finding that there was no evidence of 50 percent obstruction on both sides or complete obstruction on one side.

The veteran died in January 1991 and was not service-connected for any disability during his lifetime. The Board denied the claim for DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 as he did not meet the criteria of having a service-connected disability rated totally disabling for at least 10 years prior to death or would have established such right but for CUE in an adjudication.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have additional disability due to VA treatment provided in April 2000, and therefore compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is denied.

The appellant is seeking an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for the cause of her husband's death. The Board has determined that there may be missing or misplaced records in the claims file, and therefore remands the case to locate these records.

The Board found that the achy joints were not related to service, an undiagnosed illness, or a service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current right elbow condition is related to service and grants the claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen his previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a skin disability, finding that no new and material evidence had been received. The appeal regarding compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 was also denied.