Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's skin rash warrants a 10% evaluation, but not more. The cardiovascular disorder claim is denied as there is no evidence of service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an extraschedular evaluation and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not demonstrate exceptional or unusual circumstances that would render impractical the application of the regular schedular standards.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for sterility, which is now considered. The veteran's current sterility is not etiologically related to his military service or exposure to toxic herbicides.

The Board found that the appellant is not, as a matter of law, the veteran's surviving spouse for VA benefits purposes and denied her claim.

The Board has granted a 100% rating for sickle cell anemia, effective from the date of the decision. The veteran's anxiety disorder NOS is rated at 70%. There is no legal entitlement to TDIU.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a nervous condition.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic foot disorder, which was previously denied in January 1994.

The Board has determined that the cause of the veteran's death, carcinoma of lung, was not incurred in service and may not be presumed to have been so incurred. The evidence does not support a finding of exposure to ionizing radiation during service.

The Board has determined that the earliest date for which the veteran is entitled to nonservice-connected pension is August 17, 1999.

The Board has determined that the veteran's cerebrovascular accident is related to service, specifically to vaccinations administered during his period of inactive duty training in the Army National Guard.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right eye injury due to new and material evidence submitted since the April 1954 decision.

The Board denied service connection for prostatitis and a positive ANA test, finding no current disability associated with these conditions.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected small, sliding hiatal hernia does not warrant a compensable rating as it only manifests with regurgitation since his retirement from service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a skull fracture, which was previously denied in February 1993.

The veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. 1151 for pharmaceutically-induced psychosis due to VA treatment was denied as there is no evidence of additional disability resulting from the treatment.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current back problems are as least as likely as not caused by his participation in VA vocational rehabilitation training, and thus grants compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for the residuals of a back injury incurred during such training.

The Board found that the veteran's episode of Bell's palsy during active duty was incurred in service and granted service connection for residuals of Bell's palsy.

The veteran was hospitalized for alcohol abuse, gastrointestinal bleeding, malnutrition, and anemia. While in the hospital, he fell out of bed and fractured his right femur neck. The Board found that this injury was due to VA's error in judgment or similar instance of fault, resulting in compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Board has determined that the pension overpayment of $679 was properly created and calculated based on the appellant's receipt of a one-time bonus in 1999, which was correctly counted as income for pension purposes.

The Board found that the appellant cannot be recognized as the surviving spouse of the veteran for VA purposes due to a lack of valid marriage and other criteria not met.