Other conditions decisions — 2014

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have current residuals of malaria related to his in-service illness, and therefore service connection for malaria is denied.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and providing a supplemental medical opinion. The Veteran's claim of service connection for back injury is being reconsidered.

The Board determined that the overpayment of $38,210.93 was valid and denied the Veteran's request for waiver.

The Veteran's cause of death, metastatic colon carcinoma, is not service connected as it did not have its onset during service or due to exposure to Agent Orange. The VA examiner concluded that there was no conclusive link between the Veteran's in-service exposure and his fatal cancer.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a new VA examination to determine if the appellant's ulcerative colitis is related to asbestos exposure during his ACDUTRA. The claim will be re-adjudicated after this additional development.

The Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of a left Achilles tendon rupture is granted as the injury occurred during active duty for training and he has a current disability.

Service connection for photophobia is granted. An increased rating of 70 percent for PTSD is granted, but a compensable rating for left eye conjunctivitis is denied.

The Board has granted a waiver of recovery of an overpayment in the amount of $6,183.00 due to equity and good conscience.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including more recent VA examinations.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a cold injury of the right foot is granted, with his symptoms dating back to his active military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's left leg and left foot disorders are not related to his service, and therefore denied these claims. The claim for hypertension is remanded for further development.

The Board found that the overpayment of $1,427.00 due to termination of DIC benefits for the Veteran's widow was validly created and denied the appeal.

The Board has determined that an earlier effective date of July 30, 2007 is granted for the grant of service connection for hypertensive cardiac disease with aortic aneurysm as secondary to service-connected hypertension.

The case is being remanded for scheduling a Travel Board hearing at the Houston, Texas RO.

The Board has ordered a remand to obtain an additional medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus and his death from deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. The case will be readjudicated after this.

The Board finds that the Veteran is likely as not to have residual disability due to surgery performed to repair a right inguinal hernia incurred during his service, and grants service connection for the residuals of a right inguinal hernia.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his right hip disability. The issues on appeal include service connection for right hip bursitis, an increased rating for right knee disability, and a compensable evaluation for hysterical neurosis.

The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of emergency medical treatment provided by a VA-designated facility is being remanded due to the Veteran not attending his scheduled Travel Board hearing.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for a more contemporaneous examination of his service-connected left middle finger disability to determine the current severity and functional impairment.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim.