Other conditions decisions — 2017

The Board has ordered a remand to obtain additional medical records and conduct further examination. The Veteran seeks service connection for social phobia and shy bladder syndrome, which are currently considered direct service connection cases.

The Board has determined that the overpayment created by removing the Veteran's spouse from his award was valid, and thus denied the claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for carcinoma of the right tonsil, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus due to lack of new and material evidence. The claim for carcinoma of the right tonsil was not reopened as there was no new and material evidence received since the last final denial.

The Board has remanded the case for a decision on whether service connection should be granted for Osgood-Schlatter's disease of both knees.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically adjustment disorder with depressed mood, was not manifest during his active service and is not otherwise etiologically related to such service. The Board also found that it is less likely as not caused or aggravated by any of his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's squamous cell carcinoma was not incurred in active service and is not related to a disease or injury in his active service, including herbicide exposure.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have residuals of a cold injury to either lower extremity or hypertensive cardiovascular disease related to service. The Veteran's symptoms were attributed to his military service, but there is no evidence of such conditions during service and the VA examiner found no link between current conditions and service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for pleural plaques.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for an eye disorder, finding that he does not have a current diagnosis of such condition and there is no evidence of disability prior to his filing of the claim.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for granulomatous lung disease. The VA examiner determined that the condition was less likely than not incurred in or caused by his active service, attributing it to a pre-existing condition from childhood. However, the Board finds this opinion inadequate and remands the case for an addendum opinion from a pulmonologist.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's Graves' disease is not related to his service, including exposure to herbicides. The claim for service connection is denied.

The Veteran did not file a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) within one year from the June 12, 2007, notification letter awarding spousal dependency. As a result, the appeal is denied.

The Veteran's death is not service-connected as the cause of death, and there are no allegations or evidence to support a claim for DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.,VA treatment records do not indicate that the Veteran's death was caused by VA carelessness, negligence, error, or similar fault.

The Board has determined that the evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's essential thrombocythemia is related to military service, and thus grants the claim for service connection.

The Veteran's appeal for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for the regular aid and attendance of another person or by reason of being housebound has been dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment prior to November 10, 2010; the Veteran was either able to secure and follow substantially gainful employment or was otherwise unable to work due to non-service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's appeal for nonservice-connected pension was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current condition, diagnosed as polymyositis, is not related to his military service, including shin splints or knee pain noted during service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for meralgia paresthetica of the right lower extremity has been denied.,There is no evidence prior to September 24, 2011 that can be construed as a formal or informal claim for an effective date earlier than this date for meralgia paresthetica of the left lower extremity.,The Veteran's current rating for meralgia paresthetica of the left lower extremity is not compensable.,The Veteran's service-connected depression does not warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's basal cell carcinoma is not related to his military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.