Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues, and the case is now being remanded for additional consideration.

The Board has determined that R's income exceeds the maximum annual rate of improved death pension for a surviving child in his category, thus denying payment of death pension benefits.

The Board has dismissed the appeal as it lacks jurisdiction to consider the veteran's entitlement to a lift chair.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues and is remanding the case back to the RO for additional consideration.

The appellant is not entitled to benefits in an amount equal to the veteran's rate of payment of VA compensation for September 2001, the month of the veteran's death.

Your appeal regarding a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities has been remanded for further development. The case will be returned to the Board if necessary.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal because he did not file a timely substantive appeal of his June 1997 rating decision denying an increased rating for hammertoe deformity.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to procedural issues and to consider revised rating criteria.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues and is remanding the case back to the Regional Office for additional consideration.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of fractures and injuries to the right thumb, right third finger, left thumb, and fingers. The veteran's current diagnoses are not related to his military service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of catarrhal fever was denied as there is no current evidence of such residuals and the condition is not shown to have been incurred in active duty.

Your case has been remanded for further development. The issues of service connection for dental disability, skin disability, gastrointestinal disability, and malaria remain under review.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues and is remanding the case back to the RO for additional consideration.

The VA denied a compensable rating for the veteran's service-connected fracture of the left radius, finding that the evidence did not support a higher evaluation based on limitation of motion or pain.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for payment of unauthorized medical treatment due to a lack of further development or evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for a back injury, finding that the evidence supports a direct link to military service.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues and is remanding the case back to the RO for additional consideration.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability. The evidence did not support higher schedular ratings, and there were no exceptional circumstances preventing the veteran from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The veteran's appeal has been dismissed because he died during the pendency of his appeal.

The veteran's claim for a higher initial rating for his back disability was granted, with the effective date being March 18, 1997.