Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the appellant is not entitled to service connection for the veteran's cause of death and there was no right to accrued benefits.

The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for the veteran's residuals of a gunshot wound to the left upper arm, based on severe injury to Muscle Group III (deltoid muscle).

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disability and granted it, finding new and material evidence to support the claim.

The veteran's residuals of a pilonidal cyst are currently rated at 10 percent, and the appeal is granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his service-connected residuals of frozen feet and cold injury to the lower extremities, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation under either the old or new rating criteria.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for spondylolisthesis, finding that the submitted evidence was not new and material.

The veteran's claim for payment of VA nonservice-connected disability pension benefits while incarcerated has been denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating of his service-connected chalazion of the right lower eyelid, finding no clinical findings to support a compensable rating.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have recognized military service with the United States Armed Forces and therefore, is not considered a 'veteran' for purposes of entitlement to VA benefits.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection of a right lower leg injury, concluding that there was no direct evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a genitourinary disorder has been reopened, but the evidence does not support reopening of his claim.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an effective date earlier than February 4, 1999 for the award of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of nonservice-connected disability pension benefits, finding that the fault lay with the veteran in creating the overpayment and that a waiver would result in unjust enrichment.

The Board dismissed the motion for revision of a decision based on clear and unmistakable error due to insufficient information provided by the moving party.

The Board found that the veteran had forfeited his right to VA benefits due to his participation in the Japanese-sponsored Bureau of the Constabulary during World War II, which was considered evidence of assisting an enemy. The decision is denied.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for dementia, as the May 1994 RO decision denying such is final.

The Board found that the veteran's actions contributed to the creation of the loan guaranty indebtedness and granted waiver of recovery, as it was against equity and good conscience.

The veteran's spondylolisthesis at L5-S1 is currently rated as 40 percent disabling, effective November 15, 2000. The RO found that the current evaluation adequately reflects his disability.

The appellant's claim for benefits based on claimed active military service in the U.S. Armed Forces during and after World War II is denied due to lack of valid service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a stomach disability is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing an addendum opinion from a VA specialist.