Other conditions decisions — 2010

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including a new VA examination and obtaining recent treatment records.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and a medical opinion regarding the cause of death.

The Board has determined that the claimant is recognized as the surviving spouse of the Veteran for purposes of receiving VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits.

The Board found that the Veteran's residuals of a fracture of the left tibia did not increase in severity during service and thus, they were not aggravated by service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his treatment records.

The Board found no new and material evidence to reopen claims for service connection for tinnitus, a hearing loss disability, and residuals of neck, back, and right shoulder injuries. The Veteran's claimed head injury, groin injury, right arm injury, and left eardrum injury are not considered related to service.

The Veteran's costochondritis has been granted service connection and rated at a 10 percent disability rating since the date of service connection.

The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected bilateral eye disorder, characterized as nasal pterygium, warranted a 10 percent evaluation and denied an increased rating.

The Veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 40 percent for service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome at L1-L3 and L5-S1 was denied. The appeal is not about service connection, but rather the evaluation assigned.

The Veteran's left hip disorder was not manifested during active service or until many years thereafter, and is otherwise unrelated to such service. The Board denied the claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that hyperlipidemia, a laboratory finding, is not a disability for VA compensation purposes and therefore cannot be granted service connection.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for Raynaud's disease, which he claims was caused by exposure to cold weather during his military service. The case has been remanded due to the need for a VA examination to determine if his current condition is related to service.

The Veteran's right little finger disability is currently rated as noncompensably disabling under DC 5230. The Board finds that a compensable rating is not warranted and denies the claim for an initial compensable evaluation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an effective date earlier than January 3, 2006 for the grant of service connection for Grave's disease and for a rating in excess of 10 percent. The decision was based on the fact that the claim for Grave's disease was filed after the denial of other conditions.

The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD did not cause or contribute to his cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure, which were the causes of death. Therefore, service connection for the cause of death was denied.

The Veteran's claimed interstitial lung disease, claimed as pauci-immune diffuse alveolar hemorrhage was not incurred in or aggravated by active duty service and is not presumed to be related to herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including a new VA examination and the provision of his VA treatment records.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral inguinal hernias and right fifth finger fracture with residuals do not warrant an increased rating as they are currently evaluated.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for scleroderma is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and information on possible exposure to chemicals during military service.

The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim for VA death benefits, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted since the August 1989 rating decision.