Other conditions decisions — 2012

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have chronic residuals of cold injury to his bilateral lower extremities, and therefore denied service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including pelvic inflammatory disease and hysterectomy-related conditions, have rendered her unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a TDIU based on this finding.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of her service-connected disabilities and any new neurological disorders.

The Board has granted service connection for Peyronie's disease and remanded the issue of a compensable rating for loss of erectile power.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the etiology of his claimed conditions, including chloracne and a colon disability. The RO/AMC will obtain medical opinions regarding these claims.

The Veteran's esophageal disability was granted service connection as secondary to his service-connected anxiety reaction, and an effective date of January 31, 1992 was assigned. The appellant contends that the November 1997 rating decision contains clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, as well as severance of certain benefits. The decision did not address the validity of the grant of service connection for coronary artery disease.

The Board has determined that the appellant is not entitled to an apportionment of the Veteran's VA compensation benefits due to their divorce and the fact that the appellant no longer qualifies as a spouse under VA regulations.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including a VA psychiatric examination and consideration of the TDIU claim under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b).

The VA determined that the Veteran's tremor condition was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service, including manganese exposure.

The claim for a one-time payment from the FVEC Fund is denied as the appellant does not meet the requisite legal requirements for obtaining such benefits.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional medical records and a new VA examination.

The Board has remanded the case for further development regarding the appellant's claims of service connection for the cause of her husband's death and DEA benefits, specifically due to potential exposure to herbicides or radiation during his military service.

The Veteran's dizziness is not considered to be caused by VA medical treatment, and the preponderance of evidence shows that it existed prior to the 1997 surgery. The Board finds no additional disability due to VA care.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for a Government-furnished headstone or grave marker because the Veteran died in 1921, which is prior to November 1, 1990. The Veteran was buried in a private cemetery and his grave was already marked with a privately purchased headstone.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination. The Veteran's claim for an increased evaluation remains on appeal.

The case is being remanded to the Philadelphia Regional Office and Insurance Center for readjudication of the issue of eligibility for Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (RH) under 38 U.S.C. § 1922(a).

The Board denied the appellant's claim for accrued benefits, finding that service connection for squamous cell carcinoma of the lung was not established and denying an earlier effective date.,The Board also found clear and unmistakable error in the April 2002 rating decision awarding an effective date based on a presumptive regulation adding lung cancer to VA's list of diseases caused by radiation exposure, and assigned the earliest possible effective date for this claim.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his service-connected left and right hip disabilities have been denied. The RO has assigned the maximum available ratings for these conditions.

The RO reduced the Veteran's rating for right elbow tendonitis with degenerative joint disease from 30% to 10%, effective July 1, 2009. The reduction was proper as there was evidence showing improvement in his condition.