Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has granted a 10% evaluation for the veteran's service-connected reactive airway disease, effective from the date of the grant of service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for problematic bowel movements, memory loss, and stomach pains as due to undiagnosed illness or other qualifying disability. The claims were reopened on new evidence but the conditions are not considered compensable under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1117.

The appeal has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew their appeal before a decision was made.

The VA denied an increased evaluation for the veteran's post-operative residuals of a right femoral neck stress fracture, currently rated at 30 percent.

The Board has determined that the veteran has a current chronic skin disorder of the arms manifested by granuloma annulare, which is considered service-connected.

The veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of dental trauma for dental treatment purposes is denied as he does not have a compensable service-connected disability and did not apply within one year of his separation from service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's stroke/transient ischemic attack is causally related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus and grants the claim for service connection.

The veteran's pension benefits were terminated due to failure to provide an EVR for his income in 1999. The VA determined that retroactive payment of improved pension benefits for the period between March 1, 2000, and April 30, 2001 cannot be granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a skin rash and hair loss due to undiagnosed illness, as well as his claim for an increased rating for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine. The veteran was not granted service connection for any of these conditions.

The Board has determined that the veteran's memory loss is service-connected, but his claim to reopen a Posner-Schlossman syndrome claim was denied due to lack of new and material evidence.

The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected nephrolithiasis, right hydronephrosis, and urethrolithotomy is currently manifested by frequent attacks of colic with infection and impairment of kidney function. The current evaluation of 30 percent is deemed appropriate.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to scheduling issues for a Travel Board hearing at the RO. The case will be returned to the Board once this hearing has been conducted.

The Board found that the cause of the veteran's death was not related to service connection and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.

The veteran is seeking an increased rating for his service-connected status post fusion of L4-S1, which was previously rated as sacroiliac injury. The RO has indicated that a VA examination should be scheduled to assess the current severity of the disability and readjudicate the claim under both old and new criteria.

The VA denied increased ratings for patella tendonitis of the right and left knees, currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for endometriosis, which was previously denied in April 1997. The veteran's condition is considered to have existed prior to her military service and not aggravated by it.

The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of scoliosis and thus the veteran's claim for service connection for scoliosis is denied.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA orthopedic examination and readjudication of both service connection and educational benefits claims.

The Board has determined that the veteran's May 2004 substantive appeal regarding the validity of the debt, when read in conjunction with previous statements requesting a waiver of overpayment, amounted to a timely notice of disagreement (NOD) with the April 2004 decision. The case is being remanded for issuance of an SOC and further adjudication.

The Board found that the veteran's colitis did not more nearly approximate severe or pronounced ulcerative colitis, and thus denied an increased evaluation.