Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling an examination.

The Board found no evidence of peripheral vascular disease in service or shortly thereafter, and the veteran's statements regarding a connection to military service were not credible. Therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and a VA examination.

The Board found that the appellant's husband did not have qualifying service as a member of the Philippine Commonwealth Army, including recognized guerrillas, in the U.S. Armed Forces and therefore is not eligible for non-service-connected VA death benefits.

The Board has granted the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date of May 13, 1997 for the grant of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death. The effective date is based on the date of receipt of her reopened claim in May 1997.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected peptic ulcer disease.

The Board has determined that the recoupment of the veteran's severance pay from his VA disability compensation is proper, as required by law.

The Board denied the appellant's claim to reopen her forfeiture of VA benefits, finding no new and material evidence.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to ensure all pertinent evidence has been obtained and associated with the claims file, including private and VA treatment records. The RO will schedule the veteran for VA orthopedic and dermatology examinations to determine the nature and severity of his shell fragment wound residuals and scars.

The Board found that the postoperative residuals, congenital aortic stenosis were present at the time of the appellant's entry into active duty for training (ACDUTRA) and did not undergo a chronic increase in severity beyond natural progression during ACDUTRA. The Board concluded that the preservice condition was not aggravated by service.

The veteran's service-connected gunshot wound to the left thigh is productive of no more than moderate injury, resulting in a rating of 30 percent.

The Board has ordered a remand to obtain an examination and medical opinion regarding whether the veteran's gouty arthritis of the right great toe is related to her service-connected hypertension.

The Board found that the veteran's right foot disability, characterized by hammertoe, traumatic arthritis, pain, fatigability, and limitation of motion, is severe but not so severe as to warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of review by an appropriate specialist regarding whether the veteran's primary sclerosing cholangitis is causally related to service, including radiation exposure. The RO must arrange for the claims folder to be reviewed by an expert who will provide opinions on the etiology and relationship between the condition and military service.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that the anaplastic oligodendroglioma was not present in or related to service.

The Board found that the appellant's spouse had no recognized military service with the Armed Forces of the United States, and thus denied the claim for basic eligibility for VA death benefits.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for residuals of a fracture of the left great toe, finding that the disability did not meet or approximate the criteria for any applicable rating under VA's Rating Schedule.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal because he did not file a timely substantive appeal regarding his claims for service connection for a respiratory disorder, residuals of a left hand injury, and residuals of shrapnel wounds to the right side of the body.

The veteran's military service is not qualifying service for VA nonservice-connected disability pension benefits.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development and notification under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA).