Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a liver disability manifested by abnormal bilirubin, including Gilbert's syndrome, finding no current diagnosed disability associated with the veteran's elevated bilirubin levels.

The Board has determined that the veteran's private medical care from July 12, 1999 to July 29, 1999 meets the criteria for payment or reimbursement due to it being provided for a true medical emergency and related to his service-connected disability.

The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to multiple myeloma, which is presumed to have been incurred in service as a result of exposure to Agent Orange. The appellant was also granted accrued benefits based on this decision.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for a higher rating for his right knee disability due to lack of evidence showing moderate recurrent subluxation or lateral instability. The most recent medical evidence shows that the veteran has a range of motion from 0 to 135 degrees in his right knee, which does not meet the criteria for a 20% rating under Diagnostic Code 5260/5261.

The Board found that the veteran's post-polio syndrome did not increase in severity during service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's claim for a clothing allowance prior to 1999 was denied. The claim for a clothing allowance since 1999, which included the year of his initial filing in 1993, was granted but only retroactively to August 1998 and August 1999.

The RO granted the appellant's claim for educational assistance benefits under Chapter 35, effective from September 6, 1990. The decision is based on her eligibility as a child of a veteran with a service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for hypertensive cardiovascular disease with myocardial ischemia.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed shrapnel wounds, skin disorder, and respiratory disorder were not incurred in or aggravated by service. The evidence does not support a finding of combat injuries, and there is no indication of any such wounds during service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for constipation, athlete's foot, and dental problems. The evidence did not establish a chronic disability or show that any of these conditions were related to active service.

The Board denied the appellant's petition to reopen her claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board found no service connection for the cause of death due to lack of evidence linking the veteran's death to his period of active service or any presumptive conditions related to radiation exposure. The claim was denied.

The Board found that the veteran's lung cancer was not incurred in or aggravated by service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The Board also determined that the lung cancer did not proximately cause or contribute substantially or materially to the veteran's death.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral defective hearing and determined that new and material evidence had been submitted. The criteria for entitlement to service connection have also been met, with current bilateral defective hearing being found to be related to disease or injury incurred in service.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings and CUE were denied. The Board granted compensable ratings for residuals of SFWs, but the claim of CUE remains pending.

The Board denied the appellant's request to revoke her forfeiture of VA benefits, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board has determined that an effective date of April 20, 2000, is warranted for the grant of a permanent and total rating for pension purposes. The veteran's request for an earlier effective date is denied as it is legally precluded by the finality of prior decisions.

The veteran's claim for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes was denied due to his failure to report for VA compensation examinations scheduled in April, June, and September 2001 without good cause.

The Board has granted a 100 percent evaluation for bilateral deafness effective March 7, 2000.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection due to new evidence showing keratoconus of the left eye, which existed since December 1985. The Board found that this condition was incurred during his first period of active military service.