Other conditions decisions — 2013

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a Travel Board hearing.

The Board found that the decision to adjust and terminate non-service connected death pension effective March 1, 2010 was proper based on income limitations.

The Veteran's claim for educational assistance benefits under the National Call to Service Program (NCSP) was denied as he made an irrevocable election for a $5,000 cash incentive instead of educational benefits.

The Board found that the Veteran's current right knee conditions, including subchondral erosion and degenerative joint disease, are related to his service injury in July 1970. The claim for service connection was granted.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to inadequate medical examination and new evidence.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for throat cancer, including as due to exposure to Agent Orange, is being remanded for further development and consideration.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for an eye disability before a decision was made by the Board.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for retroactive election of payment of VA disability compensation in lieu of military retirement pay, effective March 1, 1969. The decision stated that the option to elect such compensation should not be made retroactive.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for onychomycosis and various dental procedures, thus denying these claims.

The Board found no evidence of a current disability related to the Veteran's head injury in service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for multiple joint pain and esophagogastric disorder due to incomplete development in previous decisions. The AOJ is required to consider whether any esophageal or gastrointestinal pathology is caused by his service-connected mood disability, and obtain a medical opinion regarding the nature of any joint pain.

The Board found that the Veteran's insomnia is not directly related to her military service, but is secondary to her chronic fatigue syndrome and/or depression. The VA examiner determined that the Veteran does not have sleep apnea.

The Veteran's squamous cell carcinoma is not related to his service or any service-connected disability, and the claim for service connection is denied.

The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of infertility and the VA examination found no evidence of infertility based on his reported history.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional development, including obtaining prison treatment records and providing an addendum medical opinion regarding the relationship between his right leg disability and service-connected acquired psychiatric disability.

The appellant is not entitled to recognition as the surviving spouse of the Veteran for purposes of VA death benefits due to a lack of continuous cohabitation from the date of marriage until his death.

The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to address the etiology of the Veteran's urological disorder, specifically whether it was caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The VA determined that the Veteran's tremor disorder clearly and unmistakably existed prior to service, and was not clearly and unmistakably aggravated by service.

The Veteran's lower extremity paraplegia with bowel and bladder dysfunction is deemed to have resulted from VA treatment, specifically the carelessness or negligence of VA in providing inadequate medical care during his treatment for a spinal epidural abscess.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected scoliosis of the dorsal spine was received by VA on October 12, 2007. There is no evidence in the record to support a finding that there was an ascertainable increase in the severity of the Veteran's scoliosis of the dorsal spine in the year prior to the date his claim was received.