Other conditions decisions — 2012

The Veteran's warts of the right hand are found to be related to his service-connected psoriatic arthritis. The initial ratings for various manifestations of psoriatic arthritis have been granted.

The Veteran's eligibility for a higher education benefit level under the Post-9/11 GI Bill is denied because he was not discharged from his qualifying service due to a service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have recognized active military service for the purpose of obtaining one-time payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a one-time payment from the FVEC due to lack of qualifying service.

The Veteran's service-connected alopecia and residuals of status post bunionectomy of the left foot are rated at 10 percent each, effective November 1, 2009.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a brain abscess, claimed as due to exposure to ionizing radiation. The evidence submitted since May 2008 is relevant and probative and raises the reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Veteran is not entitled to a certificate of eligibility for an automobile and adaptive equipment or for adaptive equipment only because he does not meet the criteria for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for any disability that would qualify him as an 'eligible person' for financial assistance.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a videoconference hearing. The Veteran requested such a hearing, but no action has been taken yet.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for a one-time payment from the FVEC Fund as he did not have recognized service in the United States Armed Forces, including organized guerrilla forces.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a one-time payment from the FVEC due to lack of qualifying service.

The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center on August 8, 2010 are granted as the treatment was for an emergent condition and no feasibly available VA facility was present.

The Veteran requested a hearing before the Board, but later withdrew his appeal. As a result, the case is dismissed.

The Board has granted the Veteran's request for waiver of recovery of overpayment of VA Chapter 33 education benefits in the amounts of $3,000.00, $2,271.49, $2,058.75, and $116.68.

The Veteran's emergency medical treatment at Memorial Hospital on February 18, 2008 was approved as it met the criteria for reimbursement under VA regulations due to his severe symptoms of an adverse drug reaction.

The Board found that the reduction from a 60% to a 30% disability evaluation for aortic insufficiency was proper, as improvement in the Veteran's condition had been shown since October 1, 2006.

The Veteran's claim for reimbursement or payment of unauthorized medical expenses is being remanded due to the failure to notify his representative and provide them with a copy of the March 2010 statement of the case.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for a right foot disorder, finding that his current condition is not related to his military service and instead linked to his nonservice-connected hypothyroidism.

The Board found that the Veteran's current back disorder is not shown to have developed as a result of an injury or disease during service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Veteran's initial claim for an increased rating for his stable tectal glioma with VP shunt placement and memory loss was denied as the evidence did not show chronic, active febrile disease to warrant a higher evaluation under Diagnostic Code 8000.

The Board found that the Veteran's current skin findings, consistent with a resolved tinea corporis, are not etiologically related to the lichenified rash found on examination for separation from service. The claim of entitlement to service connection for a skin rash was denied.