Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's personality disorder is not a disease or injury for VA compensation purposes and therefore, service connection cannot be granted.

The Board denied the veteran's waiver of recovery of an overpayment of educational assistance in the amount of $7,835.57 due to his fault in accepting benefits he was not entitled to.

The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of educational assistance, finding that it would not be against equity and good conscience to require repayment.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hyperopia, strabismus, and pterygium as these conditions are considered congenital defects that were not aggravated by or related to his period of active military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for an undescended right testicle and PTSD. The atrophic right testicle preexisted service, and there was no increase in severity during service. Service connection was not granted as the condition did not meet the criteria for direct service connection.

The Board has granted the veteran's request for waiver of overpayment of improved pension benefits, finding that recovery would be against equity and good conscience.

The veteran's varicose veins with thrombophlebitis of the left leg is rated at 60 percent, and his residuals of a shell fragment wound to the upper right arm are rated at 30 percent. The TDIU claim is granted.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a right eye injury, including retinal detachment. The Board found no direct or presumptive link between the current condition and military service.

The Board found that the veteran's bifrontal glioblastoma multiforme did not have its onset during service or within one year of separation, and was not otherwise related to his military service. As a result, it was determined that the cause of death (bifrontal glioblastoma multiforme) neither caused nor contributed substantially or materially to the veteran's death.

The Board found that the veteran's injuries were not due to his own willful misconduct and established service connection for quadriplegia incurred in active military service.

The VA determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of an upper back injury, including multiple nerve problems in the head, neck and back, misalignment of the back and neck, twitching, and muscle spasms.

The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for residuals of welding burns to both eyes. However, it was determined that there is no chronic disability of the eyes resulting from any welding burns in service or related to service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic sinus and skin disabilities, finding that there is no current evidence of such conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral axillary and inguinal filariasis, finding that he does not currently have active or residual filariasis.

The Board has determined that the appellant's failure to promptly notify VA of her receipt of Social Security benefits was the sole cause of the overpayment at issue. The Board concluded that recovery of this overpayment would not violate the principles of equity and good conscience due to the appellant's inability to repay it, given her financial situation.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for his left inguinal hernia and for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The veteran was found not to meet the criteria for higher ratings under applicable diagnostic codes.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, nor did any service-connected disability cause or contribute to his death. The criteria for entitlement to DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 were also not met.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for an effective date earlier than March 1, 1999, for reinstatement of DIC benefits following remarriage and termination of marriage. The decision stated that the earliest possible effective date would be a year before the claim was received, with payment to commence as of the first day of the next month.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings have been granted, with the highest available evaluations under applicable diagnostic codes.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his service-connected gastrointestinal and left knee disabilities, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for higher ratings under the applicable rating schedule.