Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hip and broken finger injuries, as well as his initial rating for solar damaged skin and GERD. The RO evaluated these conditions under the criteria applicable to direct service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current psychiatric disability and therefore cannot establish service connection for schizotypal personality disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for basic eligibility to VA nonservice-connected pension benefits due to a lack of qualifying service.

The Board found no new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection for gout and arthritis were not well-grounded, as there was no evidence of pre-existing conditions or in-service aggravation.

The veteran's claim is being remanded due to his request for a video-conference hearing before the Board at the RO.

The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for the right knee disability effective June 1, 1997. The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date remains pending.

The Board found that the veteran's metastatic pancreatic cancer was likely caused by his in-service exposure to chemical/toxic substances, and granted service connection for the cause of death.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by military service, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board has determined that the veteran's organic brain syndrome did not increase in severity during his period of active duty and was present prior to service. Therefore, service connection is denied.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected right inguinal herniorrhaphy residuals resulted in mild incomplete paralysis of a nerve, which does not warrant an evaluation higher than 20 percent.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right and left foot disabilities, characterized by hallux valgus with hammertoes and calluses, warrant a 30 percent evaluation since August 26, 1994.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for his shell fragment wound residuals, finding that the evidence did not show marked interference with employment or frequent periods of hospitalization due to the service-connected condition.

The Board granted increased ratings of 20 percent for residuals of a shell fragment wound, left pleural cavity with retained foreign body and residuals of a shell fragment wound, left pectoralis and intercostal muscles (minor arm), effective March 1, 1995.

The Board has determined that the effective date for the grant of service connection for residuals of a left elbow fracture is July 8, 1998.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected right testicular atrophy warranted a noncompensable rating, as it only affected one testicle.

The Board has determined that the effective date for a 10 percent evaluation of service-connected mucocele of the left frontal sinus with obliteration of the sinus and diplopia of the left eye should be March 15, 2001.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service in Korea during 1951 and 1952, where he was stationed after U.S. troops had withdrawn from the Chosin Reservoir, exposed him to cold weather conditions which likely resulted in a cold injury. The VA examiner concluded that the veteran still suffers from residuals of this injury.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim.

The veteran's request for a waiver of the overpayment was timely, and VA error justified waiving recovery of the $15,462.00 debt.