Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that his diverticulitis did not contribute substantially to his eventual death from metastatic colon cancer. The claim for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) was also denied.

The veteran's service-connected postoperative gastrectomy and vagotomy for duodenal ulcer is rated at 20 percent, but the Board has determined that a higher rating of 40 percent is warranted based on moderate severity with symptoms such as mild circulatory symptoms after meals, weight loss, and chronic iron deficiency.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected retained foreign bodies adjacent to the right temporal bone is granted, and he is assigned a 10 percent disability rating.

The veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings have been granted. The effective date of the rating increases is not specified.

The veteran's dental disorder is not service-connected, and his claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to a fall at VA medical facility in November 1999 is also denied.

The veteran's Alzheimer's disease is not shown to be due to any injury or other event or incident in service, and the Board denied his claim for service connection.

The RO granted compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for urgency incontinence but assigned a ten percent disability rating. The veteran is appealing this decision, requesting an increased rating.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to failure to comply with provisions of VCAA.

The veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including scheduling a VA examination and obtaining medical records. The issues of entitlement to compensable ratings for his left distal radius fracture, left Achilles tendonitis, and right Achilles tendonitis are being addressed.

The Board has remanded the case due to additional evidence received and issues related to service connection for the cause of death.

The appellant is not entitled to any further accrued benefits than those previously awarded.

The Board found that the veteran's fall outside a VA medical facility did not result in additional disability, and thus denied his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the veteran's fungal infection of the feet and hands.

The Board is remanding the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and addressing issues related to service connection for the cause of death and a lung disability.

The Board denied service connection for a skin disability and found no new and material evidence to reopen claims for postoperative residuals of a right inguinal hernia and bilateral varicocele.

The Board found that the veteran's symptoms are not due to his period of service, including an undiagnosed illness during his Gulf War service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for refractive error and cataracts/angle closure, finding that these conditions are not related to his military service.

The Board found that the veteran's ischemic cardiomyopathy and coronary atherosclerosis did not cause his death, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board found that the veteran did not have any of the claimed conditions in service or until many years after service, and there was no evidence linking them to service or radiation exposure. Therefore, the claims for service connection were denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 10% evaluation for his service-connected sinus disability, finding that there was no legal basis to assign such an effective date.