Other conditions Board decisions

The Board found that the veteran does not meet the criteria for special monthly pension benefits because of the need for regular aid and attendance due to his multiple disabilities, as he is able to perform many personal functions.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for higher special monthly compensation (SMC) based on anatomical loss or loss of use of both legs at a level, or with complications, preventing natural knee action with prosthesis in place. The decision found that the veteran does not meet the criteria for this rating.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current psychiatric diagnoses, including schizoaffective disorder, depressed type, are related to his military service and granted service connection for this condition.

The veteran's claim for eligibility for VA dental treatment is granted, as there is evidence suggesting he sustained dental trauma in service and his current edentulous state aggravates his service-connected hemorrhoids.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection due to exposure to ionizing radiation, but finds that neither condition is well grounded and denies both claims.

The Board finds that the evidence does not satisfy the criteria for a 100 percent rating, and therefore denies the claim for a rating in excess of 60 percent for shrapnel wound residuals of the posterior left chest pleural cavity.

The Board has granted a 10 percent evaluation for each of the veteran's bilateral foot disabilities, characterized as varus with metatarsalgia and minimal arthritis.

The veteran's claim for a compensable rating for residuals of an amputation of the distal phalanx of his left ring finger is denied as there are no functional defects or abnormality in the hand, and the dexterity and ability to grasp objects are within normal limits.

The Board denied the reopening of a claim for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence, concluding that no current residuals of a left fifth toe disorder have been linked to service.

The veteran's conditions do not meet the criteria for special monthly pension on account of aid and attendance or housebound status.

The VA has determined that the veteran's gastritis does not warrant an increased rating beyond the current 10 percent assigned since June 22, 1955.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for uncontrolled bowel movements as secondary to his service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound and degenerative disc disease is not well grounded.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for PTSD because there was no competent evidence of a diagnosis of PTSD or any other current psychiatric disorder, and thus the claim is not well grounded.

The veteran is seeking compensation under the 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a dental disorder that occurred during his VA hospitalization in 1948, when twenty of his teeth were removed to alleviate headaches and psychiatric symptoms. He contends these teeth should not have been removed and he has had difficulty maintaining his remaining teeth since then.

The Board has determined that the veteran did not file a timely substantive appeal regarding his claims for service connection for residuals of flash burns and residuals of exposure to phosgene gas, thus dismissing the appeal.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a pulmonary disability, secondary to his service-connected hypertensive cardiovascular disease.

The Board denied the claim for service connection of artery disease/peripheral vascular disease as secondary to hypertrophic lichen planus. However, it granted an earlier effective date for a 30 percent rating for hypertrophic lichen planus.

The Board has determined that the veteran is currently employed as a social worker and does not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes.

The Board found that the veteran's rickets existed prior to service and did not increase in severity during or as a result of service. The claim is denied.