Other conditions decisions — 2014

The Board is remanding the case to clarify whether the appellant had knowledge of an impediment to her marriage to the Veteran at the time she married him, as required by VA regulations for establishing a valid surviving spouse.

The Board denied the Veteran's request to extend his delimiting date for receiving Chapter 30 educational assistance benefits under the MGIB beyond August 21, 2012. The decision found that there was no legal basis to extend the delimiting date based on the date of discharge from Selective Reserve service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for colon cancer, to include as due to in-service herbicide exposure, was denied. The Board found that there is no evidence linking the Veteran's colon cancer to his military service or to his in-service herbicide exposure.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for recognition as the Veteran's surviving spouse, finding that her divorce from the Veteran in March 1989 precluded her from being considered his surviving spouse.

The Veteran's claim for education benefits under Chapter 33 is denied as she does not meet the service requirements due to a three-year period of her active duty service being subject to the Loan Repayment Program (LRP).

The appellant is not recognized as the surviving spouse of the Veteran for VA death benefits purposes due to her divorce from the Veteran at the time of his death.

The VA determined that the Veteran's left knee disability, characterized by effusion and crepitus with minimal patellofemoral osteoarthrosis, does not meet or approximate the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent.

The Veteran's claim for disability compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. � 1151 for an eye condition with loss of balance, loss of vision, and dehydration is being remanded to the RO for further development.

The Board has ordered a new VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any urinary tract disability, including recurrent infections. The Veteran's claim for service connection remains on appeal.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for left hip degenerative joint disease was denied as the evidence did not support a finding that his current condition is related to his service-connected bilateral knee conditions.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and arranging for a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected calcified pleural plaques. The TDIU claim is also remanded.

The Board has remanded the case for a Travel Board hearing at the RO. The Veteran's appeal is not about service connection, but rather TDIU.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for a 20-year delimiting date for educational assistance benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code because the Veteran's permanent and total disability was rated as such more than three years after discharge from service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and denied his claim.

The evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's arthritis is related to service, including presumed exposure to herbicides or an incident of service origin. The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence shows that the Veteran's arthritis was not present in service or until many years thereafter and is not related to service.

The Veteran died from cardiorespiratory arrest due to or as a consequence of metastatic lung carcinoma. The Board denied service connection for the cause of death and denied entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, but did not address the claim for non-service connected death pension benefits.

The Board denied service connection for a dental disorder due to lack of evidence of bone loss in the maxilla or mandible, and denied an increased rating for bilateral pes planus with bilateral hallux valgus and status post hammertoe formation of the left foot. The Veteran's claims were not granted.

The Veteran's hip disorder and arteriovenous malformation were not shown to be related to service. The Board denied both claims.

The Board has remanded the case for a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's cancer and whether it is related to his military service, including his conceded exposure to Agent Orange. The claim will be reconsidered based on this new information.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal regarding the issue of payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred in connection with hospitalization from June 6, 2012 to June 7, 2012 at FSRMC.