Other conditions Board decisions

The Board found that the veteran does not have a back disability related to military service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of anal fissure (with megacolon and fecal impaction) due to new evidence. The examiner is requested to provide opinions on whether any current digestive system conditions are at least as likely as not related to military service or pre-existing conditions.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and VA examinations.

The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment in the calculated amount of $1,536 due to fault on both the part of the veteran and VA. The decision concluded that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.

The Board found no current disability of a broken nose and denied the claim as there was no evidence showing any current condition related to service.

Effective January 12, 1998, the veteran is granted ratings of 30 percent for cold injury residuals in each upper and lower extremity.,The effective date for these increased ratings is January 12, 1998.

The Board has granted a rating of 40 percent for the veteran's incomplete paralysis of the median nerve in the left hand, which more nearly approximates severe impairment.

The Board found that the reduction of DIC payments to the appellant, as a helpless child of the veteran, was proper based on the reinstatement of DIC to her mother's benefits.

The Board found that a timely substantive appeal was submitted to complete an appeal on the issue of forfeiture of VA benefits, thus granting the veteran's appeal.

The veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right eye injury is being remanded due to the need for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling an examination.

The Board found that the veteran's claimed residuals of dental trauma were not incurred as a result of active service and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has ordered the RO to obtain medical records from various facilities where the veteran was treated during his last weeks of life and to provide an opinion on whether service-connected duodenal ulcer disease contributed to the cause of death. The case is then to be returned for further consideration.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU benefits is being remanded due to the failure to provide proper VCAA notice.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected right first metatarsal fracture with traumatic arthritis and callous formation warrants a 20 percent evaluation, reflecting moderately severe disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for irritable colon and prostatitis, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent for these conditions.

The Board found that the veteran's current residuals of a stress fracture of the left tibia do not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.

The Board has granted service connection for arthritis of the left hip, finding that it is proximately due to or the result of the veteran's service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the left thigh.

The Board has determined that additional clarification of the record is required, including a paid-and-due audit to ascertain the adjusted overpayment amount and how it was calculated. The veteran's pension benefits were terminated due to excessive income for the years 1995 to 1997, which included receipt of $61,276.55 in July 1996. This decision also requires that the claim for waiver of the overpayment be adjudicated.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current residuals of Bell's palsy and therefore service connection for this condition is denied.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his Crohn's disease is remanded due to the need for additional medical records and a new VA examination.