Other conditions decisions — 2008

The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, cardiac arrhythmia due to acute myocardial infarction, was not related to his service.

The appeal is remanded for additional development to ensure compliance with the Board's previous remand instructions.

The veteran's right hand disorder, tendonitis, is causally related to his service-connected residuals of right thumb injury.

The veteran's service-connected disability does not meet the criteria for a certificate of eligibility for financial assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing or an automobile and adaptive equipment.

The veteran's service-connected right third and fifth finger disability has not been manifested by a compensable limitation of motion in either affected finger or by unfavorable ankylosis of both fingers from January 13, 1994.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a left foot injury with onychomycosis, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran.

The veteran's death was not the result of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on VA's part and was not an unforeseeable result of emergency room treatment.

The Board finds that the evidence of record does not support an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for the residuals of a fracture of the right fibula and tibia.

The Board denied service connection for a skin disorder of the feet, finding no medical evidence linking it to the veteran's military service or exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board found that service connection for a bilateral hand condition, to include arthritis, is not warranted as there was no evidence of continuing arthritis for over 13 years between the period of active duty and the evidence showing arthritis.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The appeal was dismissed due to the veteran's death.

The veteran's appeal for reimbursement of travel expenses is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a videoconference hearing.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, rated at 60 percent combined and sharing a common etiology, are not shown to be of such nature and severity as to preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The veteran's multiple myeloma is not related to military service, including as due to exposure to ionizing radiation.

The veteran's hypoplastic left testis have been manifested by subjective complaints of pain and objective indications of tenderness. There is no evidence of atrophy of both testicles, so a compensable disability rating for hypoplastic left testis has not been met.

The veteran's claim for waiver of recovery of the overpayment of compensation benefits in the amount of $1,181 was denied due to fault on his part and no undue hardship would result from collection.

The Board found that the veteran's residuals of ventral hernia repair were not caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, or error in judgment on the part of VA in furnishing surgical treatment to the veteran, nor was such the result of an event not reasonably foreseeable.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hip disability as there was no evidence of a present disability in the hips.