Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the service-connected left thigh shell fragment wound residuals, finding that the current findings more nearly approximate a moderately severe degree of disability.

The veteran is seeking service connection for bilateral eye disorders, which he maintains are attributable to ocular injury stemming from chemical exposure in service. The case is being remanded due to the need for further development and review of clinical data.

The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of overpayment in the amount of $1,047.40 due to fault on both sides and lack of undue hardship.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral foot disabilities are granted with a 30% evaluation each, effective as of the date of this decision.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Manatee Memorial Hospital on June 1, 2001, as the condition did not meet the criteria for an emergency medical situation.

The Board found that the appellant knowingly omitted a form of income on her EVR forms, under penalties for making false statements, to receive VA benefits she knew was not entitled. This willful misrepresentation and act of bad faith led to an overpayment of $17,030 in improved death pension benefits from February 1, 1989 to October 1992. The Board denied her waiver request.

The Board found that the veteran's vitreous floater of the left eye was incurred in service and granted service connection. A compensable evaluation for his service-connected disabilities under 38 C.F.R. § 3.324 is also granted.

The Board finds that the veteran's service-connected paroxysmal atrial tachycardia does not warrant an evaluation higher than the current 30 percent rating.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence and requests for additional records. The appellant's lung disorder is being evaluated further.

The Board found that the veteran did not have current diagnoses of bursitis of the hips or a gastrointestinal disorder, and thus denied her claims for service connection.

The Board has determined that further development is required to determine if the veteran's death was related to his service in the military, including any treatment for his service-connected thrombophlebitis of the right leg.

The Board has determined that the veteran's Hodgkin's disease continues to be rated at 60 percent under old rating criteria, and he is also entitled to a separate 20 percent rating for a splenectomy. The service connection claims for lumbar and cervical spine deterioration, multiple joint stiffness, and chronic fatigue are denied as not independent disabilities proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to inability to obtain records from Dr. Raymond Crystal, and the appellant is required to provide these records or be informed of their unavailability.

The veteran's request for a Board hearing in Washington, DC has been rescheduled as a Travel Board hearing at the RO. The case is being remanded to accommodate this change.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected left upper extremity trauma residuals and scar, finding that the disability did not warrant a rating higher than 20 percent.

The Board denied a claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for arthralgia, finding that the veteran's arthralgia was not well-grounded and did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under VA regulations.

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

The veteran's appeal was denied as his claim for a higher rating for residuals of a stab wound to the chest, based on an initial grant of service connection, remains denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's skin rash is not due to an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness, and thus service connection for this condition cannot be granted. The RO must schedule a VA examination to address the etiology of the veteran's skin rash.

The appeal is dismissed due to the appellant's death.