Other conditions decisions — 2009

The appellant withdrew her appeal for death pension benefits, and the claim was dismissed.

The Veteran's bilateral peripheral vascular disease was found to be unrelated to his military service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for a compensable rating for postoperative diplopia, as the evidence did not support a higher evaluation under the applicable criteria.

The Board denied an effective date prior to September 1, 2002, for additional compensation for a dependent child based on school attendance.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 4, 1972 for the award of service connection for a left eye disability.

The Veteran meets the income-based eligibility requirements to qualify for priority group 7, thus he is granted basic eligibility for enrollment in the VA medical healthcare system.

The Board grants service connection for a TMJ disorder but denies service connection for a left elbow disability.

The Board found that the October 1965 decision denying service connection for a left eye disorder was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.

The Board finds that the Veteran's right hip traumatic arthritis is due to a motor vehicle accident in service.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip disorder as there was no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the appeal.

The appeal to reopen a claim for service connection for diverticulitis, post operative vagotomy and pyloroplasty for duodenal ulcer (claimed as stomach and colon condition) was denied because the evidence submitted did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board denied service connection for peroneal nerve palsy with left foot drop, as there was no medical evidence of a relationship between the disability and service.

The Board remands the issue of whether the Veteran's countable income for VA nonservice-connected pension purposes includes his daughter's Social Security Administration (SSA) income, to include whether that SSA income is reasonably available and whether its inclusion would work a hardship on the Veteran.

The Board denied the service connection claim for residuals of back or neck injury as new and material evidence was not received to reopen the previously denied claim.

The Board found that the Veteran's February 2006 substantive appeal was not timely to appeal the September 2002 rating decision.

The Board dismissed the appeal as new and material evidence was not presented to reopen the claim for revocation of forfeiture of the appellant's right to VA benefits.

The appeal is remanded to obtain additional evidence and review the claim by a VA physician.

The Veteran's right hip arthritis was proximately caused by his service-connected left knee disability, and he is entitled to a 10 percent rating for patellofemoral pain syndrome of the right knee from October 3, 2006.

The Veteran is granted basic eligibility for educational assistance under Chapter 30, Title 38, United States Code.

The veteran's application for enrollment in the VA healthcare system was denied because he is a Priority Group 8 veteran whose completed application was received after January 17, 2003.