Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has granted a 40 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a back injury, effective March 23, 1999. The right ear hearing loss is rated as noncompensable.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for ulcerative colitis due to new and material evidence submitted since the September 1990 rating decision.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder. The veteran's long history of treatment for continuing gastrointestinal complaints, along with statements from his treating physician and daughter, supports the conclusion that his peptic ulcer disease may have had its origins in service.

The Board finds that the veteran did not suffer additional disability to his left elbow as a result of physical therapy at a VA facility in December 1994.

The Board has granted an apportionment of $42 monthly from the veteran's VA disability compensation for his minor child, J.T.J., finding that the appellant demonstrated financial hardship and that the veteran did not face undue economic hardship.

The VA determined that the veteran's Raynaud's disease did not warrant a rating higher than 20 percent, as it did not meet criteria for more severe manifestations.

The Board found that the veteran's impotence was not incurred in or aggravated by wartime service and is not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected prostatitis. The veteran's increased evaluation for chronic prostatitis was granted, with a rating assigned at 10 percent.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral defective hearing and a dental disorder (including a disorder of the wisdom teeth) due to lack of evidence showing these conditions were incurred or aggravated by active military service.

The VA denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for depressive neurosis and service connection for diabetes mellitus. The decision found that there was no evidence of a higher rating prior to October 17, 1997 and insufficient evidence linking current diabetes mellitus to active service.

The Board denied the appellant's claims of entitlement to service connection for alcoholism and carcinoma of the esophagus secondary to PTSD, as well as her requests for an initial rating for PTSD in excess of 50 percent and a total rating based on individual unemployability. The appeals were all denied due to lack of legal merit.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for dental disability for compensation and treatment purposes due to the extraction of tooth number 18 during his military service. The Board found that the condition was not compensable as a result of trauma or disease, but rather as part of routine dental treatment.

The Board has granted a 100 percent rating for bilateral tubal ligations with adhesions, post total abdominal hysterectomy, and removal of ovaries effective January 25, 2002.

The Board has restored the veteran's 100 percent evaluation for manic-depressive reaction, effective March 1, 1978.

The Board has denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that it is not warranted based on the evidence provided.

The veteran's claim for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) was denied as mooted by the assignment of a 100 percent schedular rating effective April 16, 1992.

The veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for service-connected carcinoma of the prostate is denied due to his failure to report for VA examinations.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for a higher initial evaluation of his service-connected left hip fracture, finding that the current rating of 10 percent is appropriate based on the evidence provided.

The Board has determined that the veteran's lung disorder is not secondary to his service-connected residuals of malaria, and there are no compensable residuals of malaria.

The veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeal with respect to the increased evaluation for a laceration wound of the right web space of the hand involving muscle group IX.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for residuals of a left fifth metatarsal fracture was denied as he repeatedly failed to report for VA examinations.