Other conditions decisions — 2014

The Board found that the Veteran's anemia was not incurred or aggravated by service, and thus denied her claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, combined type, was incurred in service and is granted as service connection.

The Board has restored the Veteran's 100% rating for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, effective November 1, 2010.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's perforated right eardrum does not result in any compensable impairment other than hearing loss and tinnitus. Therefore, a compensable rating is denied.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for an effective date prior to December 1, 2006 and for apportionment of benefits in excess of $100 a month from December 1, 2006, and in excess of $200 a month from May 1, 2007. The Board found that the Veteran was reasonably discharging his responsibility for support of the appellant during the entire appeal period.

The Veteran's death is not service-connected, and therefore does not qualify for nonservice-connected burial benefits.

The Board has determined that there is no valid marriage between the Veteran and E.D.L. for VA purposes, thus denying recognition of their common law relationship for apportionment of benefits.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's fracture of the thoracic spine had its onset during his active service and is therefore granted service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for degenerative spinal disease, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his military service. Service connection was denied for a nerve sheath tumor due to conflicting medical opinions.

The Board found that the Veteran's current RSD is not related to his service in April 1968, and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for waiver of overpayment, finding that the creation of the debt was valid and not solely due to VA administrative error. The decision also noted that the Veteran had knowledge of his entitlement to reduced benefits after a felony conviction but did not take steps to avoid an overpayment.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn by the appellant prior to a decision being made.

The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to fully and fairly consider the claim for service connection of a skin disability, including private treatment records and an examination.

The Board found that the overpayment of $3000 for VA education benefits was properly created and granted a waiver, finding significant fault on the part of VA in creating the debt, some fault on the part of the Veteran, and against equity and good conscience to recover the amount.

The Veteran's psychiatric disability, adjustment disorder unspecified, is proximately caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities (coronary artery disease and erectile dysfunction). The Board grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's complications from a pacemaker insertion procedure were caused by the carelessness of VA medical providers, and thus he is eligible for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an effective date earlier than March 1, 2010, for the addition of her spouse as a dependent. The earliest possible effective date was determined to be March 1, 2010, when VA received notification of the existence of the Veteran's spouse.

The Veteran's disability involving residuals of cancer of the larynx is shown to be productive of a disability picture that most nearly approximates hoarseness, with inflammation of cords or mucous membrane. The criteria for assignment of a 10 percent disability rating are met beginning from January 1, 2011.

The Board has granted service connection for adjustment disorder and found that the Veteran's current adjustment disorder is due to disease or injury incurred in active service. The claim for increased ratings for left inguinal musculoskeletal strain and essential tremors disability remains pending.

The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the death of the appellant, and thus no jurisdiction remains to adjudicate the merits of this claim.