Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran's claim of entitlement to an earlier effective date for adding his spouse as a dependent for compensation purposes is being remanded due to procedural deficiencies in the VCAA notification.

The Board found that the appellant's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of death pension benefits in the amount of $5,020 was timely filed and granted.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to fully consider the veteran's DIC claim, including obtaining medical records and verifying his exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board denied the veteran's request to waive overpayment of VA pension benefits, finding that repayment would cause undue hardship and that the veteran was solely at fault for creating the overpayment.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased evaluation of his duodenal ulcer and service connection for hepatitis C.

The Board denied the veteran's waiver of loan guaranty indebtedness, finding that his actions demonstrated bad faith and thus precluded waiver.

The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected pterygium, status post excision, right eye does not warrant a compensable evaluation as it did not cause significant visual impairment.

The veteran's appeal is remanded due to a deficiency in the notification provided by the RO, which did not comply with VCAA requirements. The case will be returned for further action.

The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her previously denied claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that new and material evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.

The veteran is seeking a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to physical limitations from bayonet wounds. The VA has not yet addressed the service connection aspect of his claim, which involves determining if these injuries are related to his current conditions.

The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that the new evidence submitted was not new and material.

The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, cardio respiratory arrest from drowning, was not caused by or related to his service. The claim for service connection for the cause of death was denied.

The Board denied the appellant's attempt to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding no new and material evidence presented.

The veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation of his service-connected shrapnel fragment wound residuals to the left lower extremity was granted, with a rating of 100%.

The Board has dismissed the appeal because the veteran died during the pendency of the appeal and thus no longer has standing to pursue this claim.

The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a VA examination and proper application of VCAA provisions.

The Board found the appellant's discharge from military service under other than honorable conditions due to a pattern of misconduct, and thus concluded that his period of service from April 22, 1952 to February 17, 1954 is barred for VA compensation benefits.

The veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for his dorsal spine fractures is being remanded due to procedural errors and the need for additional development, including a review under the new rating criteria.

The VA determined that the veteran's hypopigmentation rash of the face and neck did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation since September 1, 1996.

The Board has remanded the case for further evaluation of the veteran's dental disability due to service, and a VA examination is required.