Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran's shell fragment wounds of the right and left popiteal regions are rated at 10 percent each, reflecting moderate impairment.

The RO granted service connection for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and assigned a non-compensable rating effective May 2001. The veteran appealed the initial rating, requesting an increased evaluation.

The Board found that the veteran's cause of death was not incurred in or aggravated by his active service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service.

The Board found no current diagnosed condition related to the veteran's claimed head and left elbow injuries, thus denying service connection for these conditions.

The Board has determined that the veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder warrants a 50 percent evaluation, effective March 16, 2000.

The Board has reopened the veteran's previously denied claim for service connection of a right eye disorder and is granting it.

The Board found that the veteran's current thoracic spine disabilities were incurred during military service and granted his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's left great toe disability was not caused by VA care, treatment, or examination and thus denied his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Board finds that the veteran's right foot disability more nearly approximates the criteria for a 10 percent evaluation under DC 5310, which is currently assigned.

The veteran is seeking service connection for a back disability. The RO has ordered an attempt to obtain additional medical evidence, particularly records from the 1969 hospitalization and surgery.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code due to his eligibility period ending before he could apply and because no extension of his eligibility was requested or granted.

The Board has granted a waiver of recovery for an overpayment of compensation benefits due to the veteran's incorrect notification regarding his marital status, which led to the creation of the overpayment.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for colon cancer secondary to herbicide exposure and an increased rating for his left elbow fracture. The decision is pending on the issue of a higher rating.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and a need for further development of the veteran's treatment history.

The veteran's discharge from military service on May 16, 1975, was deemed to be under conditions which constitute a bar to the payment of VA benefits. The Board is remanding this matter for further development and consideration.

The veteran meets the criteria for basic entitlement to benefits under Chapter 31, Title 38, United States Code and has an employment handicap due to his service-connected disabilities. He is granted extension beyond the period of basic eligibility for a Chapter 31 vocational rehabilitation training.

The Board denied the veteran's request for a waiver to recover overpayment of special pension benefits, finding that his failure to report income from Social Security Administration (SSA) led to the overpayment and he acted in bad faith.

The Board denied an increased evaluation for the veteran's service-connected postoperative residuals of laceration over the dorsal aspect of the right third metacarpophalangeal joint, currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling.

The Board found that the veteran's neck pain is proximately due to, or the result of his service-connected carbuncle of the neck with surgical scars.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for right foot hammertoes with hallux valgus deformity and an increased evaluation for right carpal tunnel syndrome, finding no competent evidence linking these conditions to her military service.