Other conditions decisions — 2010

The Veteran's squamous cell carcinoma residuals, status post cordectomy, are currently rated at 30 percent since June 1, 2005. The Board finds no evidence to support a higher rating.

The Veteran's compensation benefits were reduced due to incarceration and later reinstated. The case is being remanded for further development regarding the actual amount of retroactive payments made, any overpayment created during his incarceration, and whether such an amount was withheld from or repaid with the retroactive payment.

The Veteran's essential tremors are found to have begun during service and is granted service connection.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected schizoaffective disorder. The TDIU claim will also be addressed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of November 27, 2006 for a 10 percent rating for his service-connected deviated nasal septum. The evidence did not show that he met the criteria for an increase until the November 27, 2006 evaluation.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and arranging for a VA examination to determine if any current skin disorder is related to service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's angioedema warrants an initial 30 percent rating, and no more, since the award of service connection. The manifestations have been consistent with recurrent episodes occurring at least four times during any past 12-month period, requiring intermittent systemic immunosuppressive therapy for control.

The Veteran's skin and hair disabilities are being remanded for further examination to determine their etiology.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for residuals of a left ring finger fracture has been granted, with the effective date being November 26, 2007.

The Board finds that the Veteran's death was not caused by or related to his service-connected conditions, and therefore denies the claim for service connection for cause of death.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for additional compensation for a dependent spouse was denied as the correct effective date is June 13, 2007.

The Board has granted a later delimiting date of June [redacted], 2013 for the award of Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development of the appellant's income and expenses, as her current financial status report is incomplete.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and determined that the appellant was not eligible for VA pension benefits.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for death pension benefits due to her income exceeding the maximum allowable amount.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's appeal due to a lack of VA urodynamic testing records. The case will be reconsidered after these records are obtained.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a higher rating for sacroiliac arthritis of the lower back and TDIU, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on limitation of motion or ankylosis. The preponderance of the evidence was against granting a higher rating.

The Board found that the overpayment of educational assistance benefits was properly created due to the Veteran's failure to inform VA of her active duty service, which made her ineligible for the benefits. The appeal is denied.

The Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and examinations.

The Board found that the Veteran's cardiovascular disability did not originate in service or until many years thereafter, and was not otherwise related to service. The Board also determined that the cardiovascular disorder was less likely than not caused by his service-connected psychiatric disability.