Other conditions Board decisions

The appellant has no valid documentation verifying his military service, and therefore does not meet the basic eligibility requirements for VA disability benefits.

The Board found that the appellant's deceased husband had no qualifying service in the United States Armed Forces, and thus she is not eligible for VA benefits.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not due to any service-connected disability and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.

The veteran's service with the Recognized Guerrillas is not considered active military service for purposes of the payment of death pension benefits, and therefore, the appellant has no legal entitlement to death pension benefits.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected post-operative Morton's Disease, 2nd metatarsal, right foot warrants a 30 percent disability rating but not higher due to lack of evidence of actual loss of use of the foot.

The veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death.

The veteran's sterility and impotence are found to be secondary to his service-connected malaria. The veteran is also granted a noncompensable rating for his malaria.

The VA has denied the veteran's claim for a higher rating for his left hand disability, finding that it does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 20 percent.

The VA determined that the veteran's pleural disease, claimed as due to asbestos exposure, was not incurred in or aggravated by his active military service.

The Board found no current residual disability involving the nose, to include a sinus disorder, resulting from an inservice nose injury and denied the claim for service connection.

The Board finds that the veteran's current thoracic spine disability was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board has granted an increased rating of 30 percent for the veteran's service-connected residuals of bilateral frozen feet, effective from March 20, 1995 to January 11, 1998. Separate ratings of 20 percent have been assigned for each foot since January 12, 1998.

The veteran's service connection for loss of erectile power was restored to a 20 percent evaluation effective June 11, 1997. The VA found that the veteran had diarrhea due to food intolerance and presbyopia as a developmental disorder.

The Board found that the veteran's testicular disorder did not manifest functional limitation of the testicle, and thus denied his claim for an initial compensable evaluation.

The VA has denied the veteran's claim for a disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected chronic back pain, finding that the condition is principally manifested by complaints of pain and slight limitation of motion.

The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for the service-connected dysthymic disorder, which is more than the initial 10 percent assigned in March 2001. The disability picture shows intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks due to symptoms such as depressed mood and anxiety.

The Board found that the veteran's basal cell carcinoma was not incurred in or aggravated by active service, including exposure to ionizing radiation. The evidence did not support a finding of service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection due to frostbite, finding that there was no clear and unmistakable error in the September 1945 and October 1946 rating decisions denying service connection. The RO reopened the veteran's claim on August 20, 1996, and granted service connection with an effective date of August 20, 1996.

The Board denied an increased disability rating for prostatitis, currently assigned a 10 percent evaluation.

The Board found that the veteran's current dental conditions, involving treatable carious teeth and replaceable missing teeth, are not compensable disabilities under VA's Rating Schedule and are not due to service trauma or combat service. Therefore, his claim for service connection for a dental condition was denied.