Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has granted the veteran's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of improved disability pension benefits, finding that denial would be against equity and good conscience.

The Board found no current disability of nausea and denied the claim for service connection as there was no objective evidence of a chronic or recurrent condition.

The Board has determined that there is no competent medical evidence of an etiological relationship between a current dental disorder and service. As such, the claim for service connection for a dental disorder is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right peroneal neuropathy, claimed as numbness of the right leg, is related to his military service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right arm injury, resulting from a shrapnel wound sustained during service, is service-connected.

The Board found no evidence of PTSD due to service and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's vertebral osteomyelitis was not caused by VA medical treatment and/or surgery, thus denying his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Board has granted a higher disability rating of 100% for the appellant's service-connected neurogenic bowel disability, effective from October 30, 1997.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of his death due to exposure to herbicide agents and also denied eligibility for Dependents' Education Assistance under 38 U.S.C., Chapter 35 (DEA). The Board found that there was no evidence linking the cause of death, cancer of the throat and neck, to any service-connected condition or to exposure to herbicide agents.

The veteran's spondylolisthesis/degenerative joint disease of L5-S1 is currently rated at 10 percent, and the Board denied his claim for an increased evaluation. The bilateral knee disability is considered secondary to the service-connected back condition, while a specific bilateral hip and thigh disability was not found.

The Board has determined that the veteran's interstitial cystitis began during her active service and is therefore granted service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim as the RO correctly reduced his delimiting date for receiving VA Chapter 30 educational benefits by the number of days he was not on active duty between January 1, 1977, and June 30, 1985. The adjusted delimiting date is July 2, 1999.

The appellant requested an earlier effective date for the grant of apportionment of her son's veteran's compensation benefits. The Board denied this request as the effective date could not be earlier than March 1, 1998, which is when the reopened claim was received and granted.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the appellant's current psychiatric disability did not start during active duty and was not related to his personality disorder or any other condition incurred in service.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have qualifying service with the U.S. Armed Forces and thus is not eligible for VA disability benefits.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a genitourinary disability and an increased rating for his back disability, finding that the urethral stricture was not incurred in or aggravated by service and was not related to his service-connected back disability.

The Board found that the veteran knowingly and intentionally signed a false affidavit in support of another individual's claim for VA benefits, leading to forfeiture of his rights under 38 U.S.C.A. § 6103(a).

The Board denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, attributing it to cancer of the urinary tract as a result of exposure to ionizing radiation. The decision was based on the liberalizing law contained in Public Law 102-578, which provided that the effective date for compensation granted under this legislation would be assigned no earlier than its effective date.

The Board found that the claimant's discharge from service was under dishonorable conditions due to willful and persistent misconduct, thus constituting a bar to VA benefits.

The veteran's claims for an increased rating for his service-connected herpes simplex keratitis of the left eye, and for service connection for macular degeneration of the right eye as secondary to the left eye condition, were denied. The claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability was also denied.