Other conditions Board decisions

The Board found that the veteran's hysterectomy residuals were not incurred in or aggravated by service.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The VA denied the veteran's widow's claim for benefits under Section 156 of Public Law 97-377, finding that the onset of her husband's lung cancer was not prior to August 13, 1981.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the veteran did not file a timely Notice of Disagreement with respect to the August 1998 decision denying service connection for loss of three upper middle teeth.

The Board denied the appellant's claim to reopen her claim for VA benefits as the surviving spouse of the veteran due to lack of new and material evidence, despite a submitted divorce decree.

The Board has determined that the veteran's circulatory disability of the right lower extremity, resulting in a below-the-knee amputation, and his chronic skin disorder are related to service. The veteran sustained an electrical shock injury during service which likely caused underlying vascular and nerve injuries predisposing him to later develop these conditions.

The Board has granted a combined 50 percent evaluation for the service-connected left knee disability, classified as pes anseritis with degenerative changes.

The appellant is not recognized as the veteran's surviving spouse for VA death benefits due to her divorce from the veteran in December 1998.

The Board has determined that the appellant was a full-time student during the Fall 2001 semester and should have been paid at the full-time rate for the entire period from August 22, 2001 to October 17, 2001.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for basic eligibility for educational assistance benefits under Chapter 30, Title 38, United States Code due to her failure to meet the eligibility criteria established by law.

The Board has denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA pension benefits, finding that it would not be against equity and good conscience to recover the debt.

The Board denied the claimant's request to apportion her husband's VA nonservice-connected pension benefits due to his incarceration, as their household income was deemed sufficient.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral uveitis with cataracts is currently rated at 80 percent, and the claim for an increased rating in excess of this has been denied.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant had died before the decision was rendered.

The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred on November 18, 2000 was denied because he is not service-connected for any disability and the emergency treatment provided did not meet the criteria under VA regulations.

The Board denied the claim of reopening the service connection for a right elbow disability, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The VA determined that the veteran's loss of use of both hands due to fasciectomies for bilateral Dupuytren's disease was not caused by VA hospital care, medical or surgical treatment, and thus denied his claim under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Board found no evidence of chronic disability manifested by impaired sleep, fatigue, or joint pain due to an undiagnosed illness during service. The veteran's symptoms were attributed to his civilian employment.

The Board denied the veteran's claims to reopen his claim for service connection for otitis media of the right ear and to address a claim of CUE in the December 1961 RO decision that severed service connection for the condition. The veteran did not timely file an appeal regarding the CUE issue.

The Board has determined that the submitted evidence is not new and material, thus denying the veteran's request to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for obesity.