Other conditions decisions — 2009

The appellant is deemed competent to manage his own affairs without limitation.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death by applying the presumption for former POWs.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to enrollment in, and access to, VA medical healthcare benefits for 2008 due to the need for additional information regarding the Veteran's financial status.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a cardiac disorder, finding that the preponderance of evidence showed no chronic acquired cardiac disorder related to his inservice heart-related symptoms or otherwise related to service.

The appeal is being remanded to the RO for further development and adjudication of the claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a respiratory disorder, to include as secondary to exposure to asbestos, due to lack of evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The Board remands the claim for an extra-schedular rating for paroxysmal tachycardia due to its severity and related factors, such as marked interference with employment or frequent periods of hospitalization.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis of the right hand, as it was determined that there is no competent medical evidence showing the condition is a result of or proximately due to his service-connected residuals of a fracture to the right 5th metacarpal.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral eye disorder, finding no evidence of a nexus between any in-service injury or disease and the claimed condition.

The appeal is remanded for further evidentiary development, including a VA examination to determine if the Veteran has a current left hand disability and whether it is related to his in-service injury.

The Board found that peripheral vascular disease was incurred in service, but hyperlipidemia was not related to the appellant's active service.

The Board granted compensation for gastroparesis and post-vagotomy syndrome under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151, but denied compensation for additional disabilities such as abdominal gas, a distended abdomen, impaired bowel movements, sweating, constipation, weight loss, pain radiating to the arms and shoulders.

The appeal was remanded to obtain additional evidence and for further development in accordance with the motion from VA's General Counsel representative.

The Board remanded the case for further development, including an examination to identify each muscle affected by shell fragment wounds and scars on both legs.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for myopathy due to VA treatment on January 15, 2003 was denied because the evidence did not establish that the prescription of Gemfibrozil was the proximate result of a lack of skill, carelessness, negligence or error judgments, or an unforeseen event in VA treatment.

The Veteran's claimed left eye injury was not shown to be etiologically related to any injury or disease contracted during his active duty service.

The Veteran did not file a timely substantive appeal regarding the July 2003 rating decision, and therefore the appeal was dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's attempt to reopen a claim for service connection for genital herpes, as new and material evidence was not submitted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran is entitled to service connection for residuals of cold injuries to the bilateral hands and feet, resolving reasonable doubt in his favor.

The Veteran's Bell's palsy was rated at 20 percent before July 25, 2000, and the claim for service connection for genital herpes was granted.