Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected gout does not warrant a disability rating greater than 20 percent.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection as his heart disorder is not linked to his military service.

The Board found no evidence of a right scrotal abscess or scabies during service, and the veteran's current condition is not related to his military service.

The veteran's cause of death, high-grade non-Burkitt's lymphoma, is linked to his service in the Southwest Asia theater. The medical evidence supports a connection between his exposure to chemicals and fumes during service and his lymphoma. As such, the claim for service connection for the cause of death is granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to a question regarding the appellant's relationship to the veteran at the time of his death in July 1982. The issue is whether she may be recognized as the surviving spouse of the veteran for the purpose of eligibility for VA benefits.

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

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling an examination.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for residuals of a left orchiectomy due to new and material evidence submitted.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further examination and development of his claims, including obtaining medical records and providing the veteran with VA examinations to address his eye disorder and service-connected residuals of cold injury.

The Board has determined that the appellant's claim regarding the amount and validity of the overpayment needs to be addressed in conjunction with his waiver request. The case is being remanded for further development.

The Board has ordered the case back to the RO for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing a VA ophthalmologic examination.

The veteran's claims for service connection and an initial rating were denied. The Board is remanding the case to allow for further development of evidence.

The VA has determined that the veteran's residuals of lacerations and fractures of the index, middle, and ring fingers of the right hand do not warrant a rating in excess of 20 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA improved pension benefits in the amount of $4,310.00 due to a failure to report spousal income from 1995.

The Board has remanded the case due to issues being intertwined and additional development is required. The veteran's claim for service connection for an eye disorder secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, will be adjudicated together.

The veteran's left eye is enucleated, and his right eye has a visual acuity of 20/15. The RO granted a 40 percent rating for anatomical loss of the left eye under Diagnostic Code 6066.

The Board found that the veteran's pulmonary disability was not caused by VA medical treatment, and thus denied his claim under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder due to exposure to Agent Orange, finding no evidence of such a condition during or within one year after service.

The veteran's claim for increased ratings for panic disorder with agoraphobia was granted, with a rating of 30 percent effective June 1997 and 50 percent effective January 6, 1999.

The Board found that the veteran's right eye blindness was not caused by VA treatment during his hospitalization in February to March 1989, and therefore denied his claim.