Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder may be related to his acute psychotic reaction in January 1974, within one year of separation from service. However, a VA psychiatric examination is needed to determine if this relationship exists.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a disability related to his military service, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.

The veteran's appeal is remanded for a DRO hearing at the RO. The case will be returned to the Board if necessary.

The Board has determined that service connection is granted for temporomandibular joint syndrome. The claims of service connection for the residuals of right and left elbow injuries have been reopened, but no new or material evidence was provided to support these claims.

The VA denied an initial compensable rating for Osgood-Schlatter's disease of the bilateral knees, finding that the veteran's knee symptoms did not warrant a higher evaluation.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection due to new and material evidence, but finds that he does not have a current disability attributable to mitral valve prolapse or sinus tachycardia incurred in service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current back and right hip conditions are not related to service or a service-connected disability, and thus denied his claims for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a personality disorder, an increased evaluation for hypertension, and entitlement to earlier effective dates for his impotency. The decision also noted that the veteran had received diagnoses of borderline personality disorder.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues regarding the veteran's claim for service connection for insomnia. The case is now being sent back to the RO for additional examination and review.

Your case is being sent back to the Regional Office for further development and consideration of your claim for service connection for an epidural abscess with osteomyelitis.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for a higher evaluation for his service-connected residuals of a fractured ilium, acetabulae, left hip. The evidence showed no more than slight hip disability.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a lung disorder, claimed as due to exposure to mustard gas. The case is being remanded for additional development and consideration.

The VA determined that the veteran's urinary incontinence was not caused by a VA medical treatment, specifically the visual laser ablation of the prostate performed in 1994.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence had been submitted, thus reopening the claim for service connection of a spine disorder. The case is now remanded to provide additional development.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed because he died during the pendency of his appeal, and thus the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a stomach disability, finding that there was no evidence showing a nexus between the current disability and service.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending evidence and the court's decision invalidating certain regulations. The case is now remanded for additional development.

The veteran's service-connected right shoulder disability was granted, but the RO is now remanding to determine if a higher rating is warranted.

The Board denied reopening the veteran's claims for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence.