Other conditions decisions — 2009

The Board denied the appellant's claim for additional 'awarded but unpaid' benefits at the time of the veteran's death, as there is no legal basis for such payment.

The veteran's application for an extension of the delimiting date for educational assistance benefits was granted due to his inability to pursue a program of education from October 1995 until October 2006, as a result of physical and mental disabilities.

The veteran's spouse was denied eligibility for CHAMPVA benefits because she did not have Medicare Part B, which is required under the law.

The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for residuals of a fracture of the right 4th metacarpal joint, affording the veteran the benefit of the doubt.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence regarding the veteran's employment with USPS.

The Board remands the case to obtain additional medical opinion from Dr. F., considering Quain and Ramstad clinical records, regarding the veteran's ankylosing spondylitis.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to November 17, 1999, for the grant of service connection for residuals of cold injury to the upper and lower extremities.

The veteran did not file a timely notice of disagreement with the apportionment decision, and the appeal was dismissed.

The veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for right eye pterygium was denied as the condition is not productive of any worse than corrected visual acuity of 20/40 in the right eye, and does not produce field loss or limitation in activities of daily living.

The Board denied service connection for a left hip disability other than a scar, but granted the veteran's request to reopen his claim of direct service connection for a left knee disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic pulmonary disability, finding that there was no evidence of a confirmed diagnosis and no nexus to service.

The veteran's appeal regarding the timeliness of his substantive appeal is granted, but an earlier effective date for a grant of total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to March 19, 2003, was not warranted.

The Board found that the veteran's chronic left hip disability had not permanently worsened during ACDUTRA, and denied service connection for residuals of a left hip injury, to include post-traumatic arthritis.

The National Personnel Records Center has certified that the appellant had no service as a member of the Philippine Commonwealth Army, including the recognized guerrillas, in the service of the United States Armed Forces.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for ulcerative colitis and adenocarcinoma of the colon, finding that neither condition was incurred in or aggravated by active duty.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral onychomycosis and peripheral vascular disease or venous insufficiency of the bilateral lower extremities, finding no evidence linking these conditions to active military service.

The veteran's service-connected right inguinal herniorrhaphy was rated noncompensably disabling prior to March 3, 2008, and the Board found that a compensable evaluation is not warranted. For the period beginning March 3, 2008, an evaluation of 10 percent is warranted but no higher.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for chronic dyspepsia with pedunculated polyps in the stomach, as the evidence did not support a higher evaluation.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of a total right arthroplasty is being remanded to schedule the veteran for a VA examination to determine the current severity of his condition.

The veteran's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with persistent xerostomia and dysphagia do not meet the requirements for a rating evaluation in excess of 10 percent.