Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran is seeking an increased disability rating for his service-connected pilonidal cyst residuals. The case has been remanded to the RO for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development due to procedural issues, and will consider the VCAA in its decision.

The Board has determined that the veteran's impotence is not related to service and denied his claim for service connection.

The VA has determined that the veteran's residuals of a shell fragment wound of the chest do not warrant an evaluation in excess of the current 20 percent rating.

The Board has determined that the veteran acquired strongyloides stercoralis during his service in China, which contributed to his death from respiratory failure. Therefore, service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is granted.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have a chronic respiratory disability, a disability manifested by an irregular heartbeat, or a disability manifested by joint stiffness or poor circulation that was incurred in service. The evidence does not support a finding of continuity of symptoms following service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 60 percent for his service-connected bronchial adenoma, carinoid type, status post left pneumonectomy and a total disability rating based on unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board found that the veteran's non-small cell carcinoma of the left lung did not develop during military service or within one year following his discharge, and could not be presumed to have been incurred due to exposure to ionizing radiation. The preponderance of evidence supported the conclusion that the disability was unlikely attributable to such exposure.

The Board found that the overpayment of VA nonservice-connected pension benefits in the calculated amount of $16,447.00 was not properly created due to administrative error by VA in sending notification letters to an incorrect address.

The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected cardiovascular disorder does not warrant a higher disability rating based on current medical evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for perforation of the tympanic membrane as there is no current medical evidence of a perforation.

The Board found that the veteran's Goodpasture's disease was not incurred in or aggravated during service, nor may it be presumed to have been incurred in service as a result of exposure to herbicides.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed back and neck disabilities are not service-connected, as they were not present in service or for many years thereafter, nor are they causally related to his service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the right ankle.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for osteomyelitis and residuals of a gunshot wound of the left leg, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on constitutional symptoms or other factors.

The Board found that the veteran's actions constituted bad faith, resulting in foreclosure and a substantial loss to the United States Government. As such, his waiver request was denied.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further evaluation of his service-connected gynecomastia and for consideration of the issue of service connection for bilateral carpel tunnel syndrome as secondary to service-connected disabilities. The VA will provide a physical examination, consider all applicable diagnostic codes, and issue a Supplemental Statement of the Case.

The case is being remanded for scheduling a Travel Board hearing at the RO in St. Petersburg.

The veteran's urticaria is manifested by attacks of skin irritation and lightheadedness, with laryngeal involvement causing shortness of breath, occurring five times a week. The Board finds that the veteran's overall level of symptomatology is consistent with that enumerated for a 40 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7118.

The Board has granted service connection for a shrapnel wound to the left side incurred during active service. The heart murmur is not related to service.

The October 1995 decision denying service connection for the cause of the veteran's death as due to exposure to ionizing radiation is final. New and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim.