Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran's appeal for additional educational assistance benefits under Chapter 30 was denied due to exceeding the statutory limit of 48 months.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a nervous disorder, finding that her current psychiatric disability did not begin during active duty and was not related to any in-service event or exposure.

The Board found no fraud, misrepresentation or bad faith on the appellant's part in creating the overpayment. The decision concluded that recovery of the $9,000 overpayment would not be against the principles of equity and good conscience.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased evaluation for post-operative cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, finding that his disability did not meet the criteria for a higher rating. The claim seeking service connection for colon cancer as secondary to gallbladder surgery was also denied.

The Board is remanding the case to reopen a previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a skin condition due to outstanding service medical records and VA medical records. The veteran must provide evidence that he was treated during his periods of active duty for a skin condition resulting from wood poisoning or exposure, which may be found in morning reports, sick call reports, and Office of the Army Surgeon General (SGO) reports.

The Board found that the veteran's chronic bilateral conjunctivitis is service-connected, but denied service connection for other eye disorders as not related to service.

The Board has granted service connection for residuals of intermediate phalangectomy of the right and left fifth toes, each rated at 10 percent since September 9, 2001. The veteran's disabilities are secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The VA determined that the veteran's heart valve disorder did not manifest during service or is otherwise related to her military service, and thus denied her claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation for impotency, finding that it was not caused by negligence or improper medical care from VA and thus did not meet the criteria of 38 U.S.C. § 1151.

The Board has determined that the veteran's post-operative residuals of a right nephrectomy are service-connected due to the presence of hydronephrosis, which was first noted during service and is presumed to have existed prior to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's essential tremors are related to a head injury sustained during active service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disability as secondary to his service-connected shell fragment wound of the left buttock is being remanded for additional development.

The Board found that the veteran's right eye disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor is it proximately due to or the result of his service-connected malaria.

The Board has determined that the veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder is related to his military service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current metatarsalgia underlying the third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal heads of his left foot is a result of an abscess in service. Therefore, service connection for this disability is granted.

The Board found no evidence of a left thigh burn injury during service and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The VA determined that the veteran's claimed residuals of head trauma are not related to his active service.

The Board found that the veteran's current eye problems are not related to his period of service and denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's claims for service connection and increased evaluation were denied. The Board found that the veteran did not have a current disability related to his period of active service or his service-connected residuals, and thus could not establish entitlement to these benefits.

The Board has granted service connection for ankylosing spondylitis, finding that the veteran's symptoms in service were likely early manifestations of this condition.