Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is denied. The Board found no evidence of an in-service stressor and concluded that the veteran does not have PTSD attributable to military service or any incident of active duty. Additionally, the veteran's personality disorder was not aggravated by his military service. As such, he is not entitled to a permanent and total disability rating for nonservice-connected disability pension benefits.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence of postoperative residuals from the abscess and squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip was not present in service or within a year after separation. The veteran's claims for these conditions are denied.

The November 1948 rating decision severing service connection for the veteran's psychogenic asthenic reaction is final and does not involve CUE.

The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's throat disorder as secondary to his service-connected recurrent epistaxis, residuals of nasal surgery, with atrophic ozena, septal perforation, chronic sinusitis and chronic rhinitis.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for waiver of recovery of loan guaranty indebtedness, finding that it was not contrary to equity and good conscience to deny the claim.

The Board finds that the veteran's silicone-induced immune deficiency does not meet or more closely approximate the criteria for a higher evaluation, and thus denies her claim.

The Board found that the veteran's residuals of a subtotal gastrectomy did not warrant an evaluation higher than 40 percent, as his symptoms were no more than moderate in degree and had not resulted in significant complications such as hypoglycemic symptoms or weight loss with anemia or malnutrition.

The Board has granted an effective date of September 1, 1988 for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board finds that the veteran's colonic inertia with megacolon and functional outlet syndrome has been aggravated by her service-connected PTSD, warranting service connection.

The Board denied service connection for heart and lung disorders claimed as due to tobacco use, finding that the disabilities were not incurred in or aggravated by service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for porphyria cutanea tarda due to herbicide exposure is granted, with an effective date of March 13, 1990. The condition was found to be associated with dioxin exposure in the Gulf War.

The veteran's report of unreimbursed medical expenses for the period prior to November 1, 1999 cannot be used to reduce his countable income for purposes of VA nonservice-connected disability pension.

The Board found that the overpayment of compensation benefits was properly created due to the veteran's failure to notify VA of his divorce, and thus, it was not solely attributable to administrative error by the VA.

The cause of the veteran's death was a bleeding peptic ulcer, which is not related to his military service. The appellant's application for accrued benefits was filed more than one year after the veteran's death.

The Board has remanded the case due to a request for a personal hearing before a Member of the Board.

The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the reduction of the veteran's disability rating from 50% to 40%, based on the correct application of VA regulations at the time.

The veteran's claim for a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability is remanded. The issue of service connection for an eye disability remains pending and requires the issuance of a statement of the case.

The Board has determined that the reduction from a 30 percent to a 10 percent evaluation for service-connected bilateral varicose veins was proper due to sustained improvement in the veteran's condition.

The Board found that the veteran's current left eye disability was not incurred during service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found no evidence of nicotine dependence and concluded that the veteran's pulmonary disability was not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor is it attributable to tobacco use in service.