Other conditions Board decisions

The Board finds that the currently demonstrated right hip arthritis is shown as likely as not to be due to a disease process that developed while the veteran was on active duty, and grants service connection for arthritis of the right hip.

The Board has determined that the veteran's genitourinary disorder and residuals of a back injury with arthritis are service-connected, based on evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board has granted the claim of service connection for conjunctivitis, finding that it was incurred in service.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining an X-ray examination of the veteran's right hand and requesting a medical opinion regarding whether his current disability is related to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for arthritis and residuals of a left leg injury, finding no evidence to support these claims. The veteran was also denied eligibility for non-service-connected pension benefits due to insufficient active duty service.

The Board has determined that the appellant is not entitled to recognition as the surviving spouse of the veteran for VA death benefits purposes due to her divorce from the veteran prior to his death.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for dementia is being remanded to the RO for additional development and consideration of new evidence.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for clarification regarding her preferred hearing location and whether she wishes a representative at the hearing. The case will be returned to the RO after this information is obtained.

The veteran's death was not service-connected, and the appellant is not eligible for VA death pension benefits due to remarriage after his death.

The veteran's service-connected chronic lower back pain with loss of motion, status post L3-4 posterior spinal fusion is rated at 40 percent effective the day after service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim because his service did not establish him as a veteran for VA purposes.

The veteran's small intestine resection caused by service-connected non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is currently rated at 20 percent from August 11, 2003 to the present.,For the period from January 29, 2003 to August 10, 2003, the veteran was granted a 20 percent rating for post-operative residuals of small intestine resection.

The appeal has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew their appeal prior to a decision being made.

The veteran's application for enrollment in the VA healthcare system was denied due to his status as a nonservice-connected veteran and not being enrolled prior to January 17, 2003.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of a total laryngectomy, left modified radical neck dissection and right modified radical neck dissection performed on June 18, 1999, as there was no evidence that the surgery resulted in additional disability due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or similar fault on the part of VA.

The veteran's surviving spouse, who was receiving death pension benefits, died in January 2003. The appellant seeks accrued benefits based on her mother's death. However, the appellant did not have a pending claim at the time of her mother's death and no monetary benefit was due and unpaid prior to her death.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current left leg and hip conditions are not related to service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for chronic persistent abnormal menses, finding that there is no medical evidence to support a relationship between her current condition and her military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for dental trauma to teeth numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, and 31 for compensation purposes as well as for purposes of dental care due to a lack of evidence showing that the loss of these teeth was caused by in-service trauma.

The veteran's service-connected status post cyst excision with right gynecomastia residuals are not shown to be symptomatic, and thus an initial compensable rating is denied.