Other conditions Board decisions

The Board found that the veteran's fatigue and hair loss are not due to undiagnosed illness or service, but rather attributed to overwork, lack of sleep, and worry. Therefore, his claims for service connection were denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his calcaneal stress fracture of the left foot and service connection for a right foot disorder secondary to the left foot condition.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication, including consideration of a claim based on radiation exposure during service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected lichen planus is currently rated at 30 percent, which is in line with his claim for an increased evaluation. The condition is characterized by psoriasis and manifests as a typical psoriasis from a lesion with erythema and overlying scaling.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for residuals of a shell fragment wound (SFW) of the right jaw with excision of the submandibular gland and retained foreign body was denied by the RO due to his failure to report for an October 2000 VA examination. The claim is now before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral eye disorder, finding no evidence of a chronic condition associated with his service.

The VA denied a compensable rating for the veteran's left elbow bursitis based on the lack of objective evidence of limitation of motion or other functional impairment.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral eye disorders due to new and material evidence submitted since the last final denial in March 1946.

The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death due to new and material evidence. However, it was determined that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability.

The veteran's cause of death was not due to or the result of a service-connected disability, and his service-connected disabilities did not contribute substantially or materially to cause his death.

The Board finds that the veteran does not have a current disability of abdominal pain with diarrhea and bloody stools, and thus service connection is denied.

The Board finds that the evidence is in relative equipoise on whether the veteran's bilateral metatarsalgia is related to his service-connected knee disabilities, and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right heel spur was incurred during active military service and grants the claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an original compensable rating for his service-connected stress reaction/fracture of the third right toe, finding no functional impairment that would warrant a compensable evaluation.

The veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he requested the withdrawal of his appeal prior to the Board making a decision.

The Board found that the veteran does not have dysentery or PTSD and denied both claims.

The Board has found that the submitted evidence is not new and material, thus denying the reopening of the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of his death and eligibility for dependents' educational assistance benefits due to a lack of evidence showing a causal relationship between his military service or any service-connected disability and his death.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound in the left buttock with retained foreign body warrant a 40 percent rating, effective from July 1998. The compensable rating for the service-connected left buttock scar remains unchanged.

The Board found that the veteran did not develop alopecia as a result of surgery he underwent at VA, and thus denied his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.