Other conditions decisions — 2010

The Board found no evidence of a current skin disability related to service and denied the Veteran's claim for service connection.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for venous insufficiency of lower extremities with deep vein thrombosis and recurrent cellulitis is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and a medical examination.

The Board is remanding the case to obtain the Veteran's service treatment records and conduct a VA examination. The goal is to determine if the Veteran's current pulmonary disability preexisted service or is related to in-service treatment.

The Veteran's cancer of the rectum was not found to be related to his military service, including exposure to ionizing radiation. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Board found that the Veteran's claimed mitral valve prolapse was not incurred in or aggravated by service and may not be presumed to have been incurred or aggravated therein.

The Board denied the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for a right lower extremity disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for service connection for inguinal hernia is granted, but his claim for an eye disability remains denied.

The Board found that the Veteran's gunshot wound to the right anterior chest, causing injury to muscle group II, warrants a 40 percent disability rating due to severe muscle disability of the dominant side with multiple metallic fragments overlying the right chest and lung field.

The Board has determined that the appellant's claims for service connection of the cause of the Veteran's death and entitlement to DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 were not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence, and her claim for non-service-connected death pension was denied as she did not meet the requirements for qualifying wartime service.

The Veteran does not have any chronic residuals of cold weather injuries to the feet and fingers that can be linked to his military service. The Board finds no evidence supporting a connection between current symptoms and in-service exposure.

The Veteran's service-connected gynecological condition, including endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease with abdominal pain, was rated at 10 percent from April 24, 2003 to March 2, 2006. From July 1, 2006 to August 27, 2009, the Veteran's TAH/BSO condition was rated at 50 percent.

The Board found no competent evidence linking a current lymph gland infection of the throat to the Veteran's active duty service and denied the claim.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's neurological disorder of the lower left extremity, which is secondary to his service-connected gunshot wound residuals. The claimant was also granted a 40 percent rating for his service-connected left buttock gunshot wound effective August 24, 2009.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various hip and knee disabilities, as well as a rating increase for post-operative residuals of a right knee injury, have been denied. The Board found no evidence to support the Veteran's assertions that his current conditions are related to military service or a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including new medical opinions and VA examinations to evaluate his service-connected disabilities of the knees and hypertension.

The Veteran's service-connected left-sided hydrocele and varicocele, and right epididymal cyst disabilities are manifested by bilateral small hydrocele, small left varicocele, clinically, and bilateral small epididymal cysts per ultrasound report. The current severity of these conditions does not warrant a compensable rating.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claims for aggravation of his pre-service gunshot wounds to the groin and right scapular areas have been granted.

The VA denied the Veteran's claim for service connection as his diagnosed panic disorder without agoraphobia is not considered to be related to his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a shrapnel wound to the left arm with injury to Muscle Group V are rated at 20 percent, effective September 11, 2006. The Veteran's service-connected left arm cubital tunnel syndrome is currently rated as 10 percent disabling. The Veteran's laparotomy scar is rated as noncompensable prior to October 5, 2000, and as 10 percent thereafter.

The Board denied the appellant's claim to reopen her husband's cause of death service connection, finding that new evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.