Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's right ankle disability, manifested by swelling and pain with limited motion, does not warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent.

The veteran's service-connected psychogenic amnesia and dysthymia do not render him unemployable, as he has engaged in part-time employment.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for compensable ratings for urethritis, prostatitis, and a skin disorder as well as his claim for 38 C.F.R. § 3.324 benefits due to failure to show for scheduled VA examinations.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for defective vision, finding that it was due to refractive error (astigmatism and presbyopia) which is not a compensable disability under VA regulations.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals denied the veteran's claim for service connection for diffuse organic brain damage, finding that there was no evidence linking this condition to his active military service.

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

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for a dental disorder and gynecomastia, including as secondary to herbicide exposure. The appellant was not shown to have a current disability or evidence of in-service injury that would support a grant of service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that his personality disorder and primary alcoholism are not disabilities for VA compensation purposes and that any acquired psychiatric disorder did not begin in or was not caused by service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for VA improved pension benefits due to his excessive income, which exceeded the maximum annual rate of $12,993 for a veteran with two dependents.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for dizziness, loss of balance, forgetfulness, nervousness, irritability, shortness of breath, and pains all over the body as a result of exposure to herbicides due to the lack of competent evidence of a current disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected bilateral pterygium removal and corneal irregularity warrants a 10% disability evaluation prior to July 12, 1999; a 20% disability evaluation from July 12, 1999 to June 11, 2000; and a 30% disability evaluation beginning on June 12, 2000.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for additional gastrointestinal disability and residuals of a concussion. The veteran is now entitled to these benefits.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for defective hearing, finding no evidence of a current disability that meets VA criteria.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a leg disorder, finding no evidence of a current disability related to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disorders are not related to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's decreased visual acuity, diagnosed as presbyopia, was not incurred in service and is a refractive error of the eye not subject to service connection.

The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right thigh, which more nearly approximates moderately severe muscle disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for squamous cell carcinoma and actinic keratosis as secondary to his service-connected dermatitis.

The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected psychoneurosis, hypochondriasis does not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent.

The Board denied an increased (compensable) disability evaluation for the veteran's left inguinal hernia, finding that there was no evidence of recurrent or symptomatic hernia requiring a truss or belt.