Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied an increased rating for residuals of a fracture of the left radius, finding that the current 20 percent rating adequately reflects the veteran's disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected bilateral defective hearing does not warrant an evaluation in excess of the current 10 percent rating.

The Board denied the claim that the veteran's service-connected conditions contributed to his death from arteriosclerotic vascular disease. The medical evidence did not support a link between the partial paralysis and the development of the fatal condition.

The Board found that the submitted evidence was not new and material to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a nervous condition.

The Board dismissed the matter due to lack of jurisdiction.

The Board has dismissed the matter as it is not within its jurisdiction to decide eligibility for direct payment of a fee from past-due benefits awarded.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for reopening his claim for service connection for a stomach disability and for secondary service connection for this disability.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for drug induced thrombocytopenia, but denied his request for an initial compensable evaluation. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical evidence and to ensure compliance with VA's duty to assist.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to new evidence presented by the veteran. The case is now remanded for further development and consideration.

The veteran's death was not service-connected, and she did not meet the income requirements for VA pension benefits. The appellant's claims for accrued purposes and burial benefits were denied.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the veteran's death, and thus has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of the claim.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for osteomyelitis of the sternum and abdominal wall defects have been denied as there is no evidence of active infection or discharging sinus within the past five years.

The Board has granted service connection for dental trauma to tooth number 9 and disability of the feet, with Class II(a) outpatient dental treatment by VA.

The Board has determined that the RO's decision to deny retroactive pension benefits is incorrect due to an overpayment issue, and therefore remands the case for further action.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for urethritis, finding no competent medical evidence linking current urethritis to service or any claimed continuity of symptomatology since service.

The veteran's claim for non-service-connected burial benefits was denied because the application was not filed within two years after the date of burial.

The veteran's appeal has been dismissed as she has withdrawn her request for a higher rating by expressing satisfaction with the current 10% evaluation.

The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized private hospitalization expenses is being remanded due to the need to consider the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act of 1999, as well as the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000. The appeal will be reconsidered in light of these new laws.

The veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected right hand disabilities was denied. The RO rated the veteran's disabilities as 60 percent and 20 percent disabling, respectively, resulting in a combined 70 percent rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral foot disorder as there is no medical evidence of a current disability.