Other conditions Board decisions

The VA has denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right elbow and right clavicle disabilities, finding that they do not meet the criteria for higher evaluations under applicable diagnostic codes.

The Board found no evidence of a right eye injury in service and concluded that the veteran's current right eye disability is not related to his military service.

The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected right elbow epicondylitis and gout, finding that his condition causes functional limitation due to pain. The decision is effective as of the date of the January 2003 VA examination.

The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected left shoulder disability, which is manifested by malunion of the clavicle with limitation of motion and weakness, does not warrant an evaluation in excess of 30 percent.

The VA denied a higher evaluation for the veteran's gunshot wound of the right great toe, currently rated at 10 percent.

The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral optic atrophy is proximately due to or the result of a service-connected postoperative herniorrhaphy scar, and thus grants the claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's vocal cord dysfunction was incurred during her period of active military service, and thus granted her claim for service connection.

The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral lower extremity venous insufficiency, claimed as secondary to a cold injury sustained during his military service, was denied. The Board found that there is no evidence of a cold injury in service and the current condition is not related to any such injury.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.

The veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for skin herpes simplex virus is being remanded due to the need for additional information regarding his medication use.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to a recent court decision invalidating certain regulations.

The veteran's right thigh disability is granted service connection, and he is awarded a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes. Service connection for mastitis is denied.

The Board denied service connection for pulmonary disease and found no evidence of a chronic condition during or within one year after service. The low back strain was rated at 20% effective June 18, 1992, and the left maxillary sinusitis had been rated as noncompensable since October 7, 1996.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD has been found to meet the criteria for a 70 percent evaluation since January 27, 1994.

The Board has determined that the veteran lost teeth numbered 8 and 9 during service due to in-service trauma, granting service connection for these missing teeth.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of cold injuries, bilateral feet; numbness bilateral legs; and degenerative joint disease, bilateral hips. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to military service.

The Board denied an increase in the evaluation for residuals of a tonsillectomy, finding that the current 10 percent rating adequately reflects the veteran's symptoms.

The RO reduced the veteran's disability compensation award based on a change in his marital status, effective May 1, 1986. The reduction was proper as the veteran did not notify VA of his divorce from Victoria prior to June 1998.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for hysterectomy. The decision concludes that her post-service hysterectomy was a residual of a disease process that began in service.

The veteran's cause of death, cardiac arrhythmia and arrest, was found to be due to or the consequence of his service-connected anxiety reaction.