Other conditions decisions — 2008

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for prostatitis, but it remains denied as there is no new and material evidence to support a finding that his current condition was incurred or aggravated during military service.

The Board found no evidence that blood in the urine is related to service and denied the claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current disability related to his service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's residuals of rheumatic fever with arthralgia of multiple joints are manifested by no more than a well established diagnosis with one or two exacerbations per year. The current joint problems are not related to his rheumatic fever.

The Board found that the veteran did not have a current disability of frozen feet, and there was no in-service injury or disease related to cold exposure. The evidence does not support service connection for the claimed condition.

The Board has denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim for compensation benefits, pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. � 1151, for the cause of the veteran's death due to a lack of evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for loss of left eye visual acuity and right eye visual acuity, finding that there was no evidence showing current disability related to his military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an eye disability and a compensable rating for his left foot plantar wart due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The veteran's bilateral lower extremity amputations are etiologically related to his service-connected spine disability, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination and consideration of the claims under applicable rating criteria.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of June 13, 2003, for additional nonservice connected (NSC) pension benefits based on his spouse's dependency. The decision stated that VA had no factual basis to make a finding of a valid marriage until the veteran provided sufficient information.

The VA determined that the veteran's right thumb disability, which includes pain and retrograde tendonitis, does not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent.

The Board found that the veteran's bilateral flattened diaphragm was not caused by VA medical care or treatment, and thus denied compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Board denied service connection for atelectasis of the left lower lobe and residuals of a staph infection, as well as a rating higher than 60 percent for coronary artery disease with myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass graft. The veteran's claim for an initial rating higher than 10 percent for adjustment disorder with depressed mood was granted.

The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected status post left lower lobectomy with bronchiectasis does not warrant an evaluation in excess of 30 percent.

The Board found no evidence of a current lung condition attributable to the veteran's military service, including exposure to asbestos. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected condition and did not have exposure to ionizing radiation during service. Therefore, his cause of death is not service connected.

The Board found that the veteran's skin condition of the hands and feet, claimed as residuals of jungle rot, was not incurred during active military service. The preponderance of evidence did not show a current skin condition related to complaints and treatment during active military service. For hypertension, headaches, and Meniere's disease, the preponderance of the evidence did not show these conditions were related to active military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for keloids of the chest, increased evaluations for alopecia areata and fungal infection of the feet and hands. The VA examiner found no evidence linking these conditions to service or a service-connected disability.

The veteran's daughter filed a claim for accrued benefits 23 years after his death, which was denied as the claim was not timely filed.