Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented sufficient to reopen the claim of service connection for the residuals of a back injury, and by extending the benefit of the doubt to the veteran, it is now granted as his pre-existing back disability was aggravated during service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's net worth is a bar to receiving improved pension benefits due to his financial resources being sufficient to meet his basic needs.

The veteran's uveitis and polymorphous dystrophy of both eyes have been rated at 20 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating available. The veteran's ichthyosis vulgaris has not been addressed in this decision. His plantar warts and callosities with metatarsalgia and degenerative changes of the metatarsophalangeal joint are currently evaluated at 10 percent each for both feet.

The Board denied the veteran's eligibility for Chapter 30 educational assistance benefits due to his date of initial entry into service making him ineligible under the program's requirements.

The veteran's application for VA education benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill was denied because he did not meet the basic eligibility criteria, specifically due to his service not meeting the required continuous period of active duty.

The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for cause of death due to new and material evidence submitted since the last final denial. The case is remanded for further development.

The Board has reopened the appellant's claim regarding whether his character of discharge from service constitutes a bar to VA benefits. The evidence submitted, including medical records suggesting possible insanity at the time of AWOL, is considered significant enough to warrant reconsideration.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for pulmonary fibrosis and found that new evidence supports a link between the veteran's current condition and his in-service treatment. The TDIU issue is dismissed as untimely.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a gastrointestinal disability and myositis, finding no evidence of onset during military service or within one year thereafter.

The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's cause of death to his period of active duty service or any service-connected disability, thus denying service connection for the cause of death.

The case is remanded due to a need for further information regarding the identity of the representative of the deceased veteran's estate.

The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder and concluded that the appellant's claim for service connection was denied.

The veteran filed a claim for additional compensation for her spouse on June 27, 2002. The effective date of the award was corrected to July 1, 2002, which is the first day of the calendar month following the month in which the award became effective.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a lung disability, finding that it was not incurred during service and is not proximately due to his service-connected pharyngitis.

The Board found that the veteran's metastatic testicular cancer did not begin during his military service and was not caused by exposure to ionizing radiation. Therefore, the claim for service connection is denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for educational assistance benefits under Chapter 30, Title 38, United States Code, for the period from May 15, 2000 through September 15, 2000, based on the fact that the enrollment certification was filed too late.

The Board found that the appellant does not have basic eligibility for non-service-connected death pension benefits due to lack of qualifying service, and thus denied the claim.

The VA has granted a 40 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected gout, effective as of the date of the January 2003 rating decision.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for macular degeneration and an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The Board found no evidence of a current eye disability related to active service, and there was insufficient radiation exposure to warrant presumptive service connection.

The Board is remanding the case to the RO for further development and compliance with VCAA requirements. The appellant must provide additional evidence or clarify her submission, and the VBA AMC will issue a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.