Other conditions decisions — 2010

The Veteran is seeking payment or reimbursement for private medical expenses incurred from May 19, 2006 to May 22, 2006 at the Regional Hospital of Jackson. The case has been remanded due to lack of VCAA notice and potential retroactive application of the Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a new VA examination to assess the frequency and severity of his service-connected narcolepsy. Additionally, the claim for TDIU will be addressed.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for reinstatement of DIC benefits as she remarried at age 47, which is not eligible under VA regulations.

The Veteran's service-connected gastrointestinal disorder does not prevent him from securing and obtaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied service connection for mycosis of the toenails and residuals of eye trauma, finding that these conditions were not incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board has granted service connection for muscle aches as due to an undiagnosed illness, but denied the claim for psychiatric disorder as due to an undiagnosed illness.

The Board is considering whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis, L5 and S1. The decision will also determine if his current back disorder was caused or aggravated by service.

The Board denied service connection for a gastrointestinal disability and sexual dysfunction.

The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation on account of the loss or use of a creative organ is being remanded due to the need for further medical evaluation and consideration.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for disabilities of the left upper and lower extremities are being remanded due to incomplete examination reports and conflicting medical opinions.

The Board found no evidence of a current nasal obstruction and concluded that the Veteran's symptoms are not related to his service. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected bilateral bunion formation with metatarsalgia of the first metatarsal heads.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current gastrointestinal disability is related to his service, and thus grants the claim for service connection.

The Veteran's bilateral pterygia and congenital lattice retinal degeneration, left eye are service-connected. The claim for lumbar spine disability is granted as new and material evidence has been received.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an extension of a temporary total disability rating based on the need for convalescence beyond May 31, 1997. The issue regarding CUE in assigning a 40 percent evaluation for postoperative residuals of left eye keratoconus was also denied.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left lower extremity disability, including as a residual of shrapnel injury sustained in Afghanistan, is being remanded for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a shaved baby tooth, initial compensable evaluations for bilateral wrist strain and patellar tendonitis due to lack of evidence supporting these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Veteran's death was initially listed as nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The appellant argues that this cancer and the Veteran's subsequent death were caused by Agent Orange exposure. The VA has determined there is no positive association between Agent Orange exposure and nasopharyngeal cancer, but the appellant submitted evidence suggesting a possible secondary relationship to Agent Orange. The case is being remanded for further consideration of the amended cause of death certificate and additional evidence.

The Veteran's squamous cell cancer, right ear was not incurred in or aggravated by service and may not be presumed to have been caused by exposure to ionizing radiation.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right hip, to include as secondary to a service-connected disability, is being remanded due to incomplete records and need for further examination.