Other conditions decisions — 2008

The veteran's left eye disorder is attributable to her period of service, and the appeal for memory loss was not decided.

The appeal is remanded to the agency of original jurisdiction for a Travel Board hearing.

The appellant was granted payment or reimbursement for private medical expenses incurred from September 1, 2004 to September 7, 2004 due to the continued medical emergency and the unavailability of VA facilities.

The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion on whether the veteran's bilateral chondromalacia is secondary to his service-connected bilateral pes planus.

The veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for status-post healed fracture of left pubis and ischium was remanded for further development.

The motion for revision of a decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) was dismissed without prejudice to refiling.

The appeal was remanded for a Decision Review Officer to review the claim as requested by the veteran.

The Board granted service connection for schizoaffective disorder based on the credible accounts of a psychotic episode during active service.

The case is remanded for the veteran to be scheduled for a hearing at the RO before a Veterans Law Judge.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right and left hand disorders as there was no evidence of a current disability.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including determining the veteran's eligibility for adaptive equipment or an automobile and scheduling a travel board hearing.

The Board remands the matter for a travel board hearing as requested by the veteran.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for right leg thrombophlebitis as there was no medical evidence linking the condition to his military service.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional evidentiary development.

The veteran's service-connected endometriosis and pelvic adhesions, status post laparoscopy, lysis and left salpingectomy is productive of lesions involving the bowel confirmed by laparoscopy, pelvic pain, and bowel symptoms.

The veteran's claim for service connection for alcoholism was denied because it is a substance abuse disability and direct service connection is precluded by law.

The veteran was granted a non-compensable evaluation for his toenail disability and a 10 percent evaluation for recurring costochondritis.

The veteran's total lower extremity loss of use to include bowel and bladder, status post residuals of gunshot wound to the spinal cord was not shown to have been caused or aggravated by a service-connected disease or injury.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral foot disorder as there was no evidence of a foot condition during service or within 23 years after separation, and the current condition was not related to service.

The veteran's appeal to the Board became moot at the time of his death in October 2007, and the Board's February 2008 decision is vacated.