Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to lack of recent VA treatment records and for a VA examination regarding the right foot disorder.

The veteran's application for reimbursement of educational assistance benefits was denied because the examinations were taken prior to the effective date of the program, and the claim was not filed within one year after the exams.

The Board has determined that the veteran's respiratory disability was not incurred in or related to his active duty service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board determined that the overpayment was not due to fraud, misrepresentation or bad faith and granted a waiver of recovery of $7,604 in VA improved pension benefits.

The veteran is seeking service connection for muscle and joint pain, including pain in the feet, due to an undiagnosed illness. The Board has remanded the case for additional development.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for recognition as a helpless child due to her marriage, which legally precluded her from receiving benefits. The decision is based on the fact that she was married in May 1985 and thus not considered permanently incapable of self-support prior to reaching age 18.

The Board denied an increased rating for bursitis of the right hip and service connection for arthritis of the right upper arm.,Service connection was not granted for an illness manifested by painful joints.

The RO denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for mandibular prognathis in December 1979, and he did not file a notice of disagreement within one year. The effective date was assigned as March 28, 1994.

The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death due to new and material evidence. The case is now remanded for further development, including obtaining a medical opinion linking the veteran's fatal illness to his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining service medical records and Social Security disability benefits records. The veteran will also be provided a VA cardiology examination.

The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's residuals of a right leg injury, finding that it is at least as likely as not caused by an in-service injury.

The Board found that the veteran's current dental disorder, including gum disease, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service. The evidence did not support a finding of service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected otitis media caused or contributed to his death, and thus grants service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for basic eligibility for VA benefits due to a lack of qualifying service as a veteran, based on a certification from the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) that the appellant had no service as a member of the Philippine Commonwealth Army in the United States Armed Forces.

The Board found that the appellant's deceased husband did not have qualifying service as a veteran, and thus denied her claim for VA death benefits.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a right foot deformity, which was previously denied due to lack of aggravation during service. The pre-existing condition is found to have been aggravated by active military duty.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records from a private facility where the veteran was an inpatient at the time of his death.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for accrued benefits, finding that the veteran had no claims pending with VA at the time of his death and that an additional adjustment for unreimbursed medical expenses is not warranted.

The Board denied the appellant's claim to reopen his service connection for a peptic ulcer, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of death due to cardiovascular disease, finding no evidence linking it to service. The claim for nonservice-connected burial benefits was also denied.