Other conditions Board decisions

The VA has granted service connection for torticollis and assigned a 10 percent rating effective January 22, 1998. The veteran's torticollis was found to be of moderate intensity.

The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Mary Washington Hospital from July 31, 1996, through August 2, 1996 was denied.

The veteran's spouse, the appellant, requested an apportionment of his VA improved disability pension benefits. The RO denied her claim as she did not show financial hardship during the relevant period.

The veteran seeks service connection for a lung disorder, claiming it is related to his service. The RO has not yet reviewed medical records from his first period of service and the VCAA requires additional notification and development action.

The veteran's cataracts are not shown to be etiologically related to service, and the Board finds that he does not meet the criteria for service connection due to exposure to ionizing radiation.

The Board denied the veteran's waiver of recovery of an overpayment of improved pension benefits, finding fault on his part in creating the overpayment and concluding that it would not be against equity and good conscience to compel recovery.

The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound to the left shoulder with injury to Muscle Groups III, V, and VI, finding that the disability was productive of severe impairment of the affected muscle groups warranting a 30 percent evaluation.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a nervous condition, to include a psychosis, finding no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The VA determined that the appellant's net worth is too high for her to receive improved death pension benefits, as her assets are sufficient to cover her living expenses.

The Board has determined that the veteran's left knee disability, characterized by arthritic findings and slight limitation of flexion with pain, warrants a 10 percent evaluation.

The veteran's claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability was granted with an effective date of November 6, 1996.

The Board denied compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for the veteran's claimed postoperative neurological residuals of a hemorrhoidectomy performed in February 1980, finding that there was no clear and unmistakable error.

The VA determined that the veteran's varicose veins of the right leg do not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent, as they are currently manifested by no actual varicosities except for a small bulge on the right lower lateral aspect of the leg. The current 10 percent evaluation is protected.

The VA determined that the veteran's peripheral vascular disease was not incurred or aggravated in service and denied his claim.

The Board is requesting additional medical records and development to determine if the veteran's death was caused by Agent Orange exposure or otherwise related to his service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected fracture of the left zygomatic arch does not warrant a compensable rating, as there is no evidence of any objectively identifiable symptoms or functional impairment.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound of the thoracic spine region was denied. The December 16, 1968 rating decision that granted service connection for the back disability and assigned a 10 percent evaluation based on a scar is not considered to contain clear and unmistakable error.

The Board has remanded the case to obtain Social Security Administration records and federal tax returns, and to consider any additional evidence submitted by the veteran. The effective date for TDIU is still May 22, 1990, but service connection for atherosclerosis remains pending.

The VA has determined that the veteran's gastritis, currently rated at 10 percent, does not warrant an increased evaluation.

The Board granted an effective date of August 30, 1985 for the grant of service connection for hairy cell leukemia based on new evidence submitted by the veteran.