Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran does not currently have a skin disorder and therefore, service connection for a skin disorder due to exposure to Agent Orange is denied.

The Board found that the veteran's discharge from service was under dishonorable conditions due to willful and persistent misconduct, specifically his periods of AWOL. As a result, his character of discharge constitutes a bar to VA benefits other than 38 U.S.C.A. Chapter 17 health care benefits.

The Board has determined that the veteran's ear infections do not warrant a compensable rating as there is no evidence of active otitis media or externa, and his symptoms are described as occasional mild otorrhea.

The veteran's claim for a total compensation rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability was denied as there is no evidence of an increase in disability within one year prior to the date of his claim, January 6, 1999.

The Board found that the appellant was not at fault in creating the overpayment and that repayment would cause financial hardship. The decision granted waiver of recovery for the $2,407.18 overpayment.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right hand, currently evaluated at 30 percent.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been presented to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for peptic ulcer disease, resulting in a denial of this request.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person, but granted housebound benefits due to his psychiatric disability.

The Board has determined that a disability rating of 20 percent is warranted for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a fracture, right hand with loss of motion and arthritis.

The appellant's service with the Philippine Commonwealth Army is not considered qualifying service for VA benefits, and thus he does not meet the requirements for basic eligibility to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) non-service connected disability pension benefits.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a left ear disorder due to new and material evidence submitted since the March 1971 RO decision.

The VA determined that the veteran's residuals of shrapnel wounds to the right thigh do not meet the criteria for a higher rating than 10 percent.

The Board found that the veteran's degenerative joint disease, multiple joints was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected disability of residuals of a gunshot wound to the left hand. The claim for service connection for this condition is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current Peyronie's disease is the same as the condition identified during his military service, and grants service connection for this disability.

The Board has denied the veteran's spouse's claim for non-service-connected death pension benefits on behalf of their adult child, P., due to excessive income.

The Board has determined that the appellant was solely at fault in creating an overpayment of $1,023 for the period from February 1995 through May 1998 due to her failure to report her interest income. The Board found no fault on the part of the VA and concluded that recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.

The Board found that the veteran's skin disorder, including squamous cell carcinoma, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and is not related to mustard gas exposure. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right leg thrombophlebitis and right lower extremity arterial obstructive disease secondary to thrombophlebitis, finding no current diagnosis of thrombophlebitis and insufficient evidence linking the current condition to service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for waiver of overpayment of death pension benefits, finding that her failure to report receipt of SSDI was due to bad faith and not mere inadvertence.

The Board found that the squamous cell carcinoma was not incurred in or aggravated by service and denied the claim.