Other conditions Board decisions

The VA denied an increased evaluation for the veteran's service-connected right foot disability, currently rated at 10 percent. The examiner found no tenderness or pain on objective demonstration of the scars and noted slight abnormalities in sensation between the first and second toes.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for waiver of recovery of overpayment debts in vocational rehabilitation benefits, finding that it was contrary to equity and good conscience to recover the $196.89 debt but not the $362.91 debt.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current bilateral shoulder disability and therefore, service connection cannot be granted.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for his residuals of a left thumb fracture is being remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the extent of his disability and whether it has resulted in impairment beyond the thumb itself.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes. The RO has assigned separate 10 percent ratings for residuals of SFW right hand with retained foreign body and residuals of SFW left thigh, Muscle Group XIII.

The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of recovery of overpayment in the amount of $5,872 due to fault on his part and lack of undue hardship.

The Board has determined that the veteran's financial hardship would be significantly impacted by recovering the overpayment, and thus grants the waiver of recovery.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for accrued benefits because there was no pending claim at the time of her mother's death, and thus legal merit does not exist.

The veteran's claims for increased rating and service connection were denied. The claim to reopen a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD was not well-grounded.

The veteran's claim for a higher evaluation for his service-connected status post spontaneous pneumothorax is being remanded due to the need for additional VA examination and treatment records.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hypercholesterolemia, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability for which compensation could be paid.

The veteran's claim for pension benefits was denied because he did not have qualifying wartime service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim to reopen her service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's dysthymic disorder, which he claims was incurred during his service in the Gulf War, is well-grounded and should be granted service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of jaw injury is not well grounded and denied the claim.

The Board found no medical evidence linking the veteran's diagnosed myotonic dystrophy to her military service, and thus denied her claim for service connection.

The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected bilateral varicose veins, which were rated at 50 percent prior to January 12, 1998 and currently rated as 40 percent each since that date.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings have been denied as his service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for higher disability ratings under either the old or new rating criteria.

The Board has granted service connection for a disability manifested by numbness, shaking, weakness of the hands, hips, legs and toes (claimed as peripheral neuropathy) due to exposure to Agent Orange. The veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD and bilateral hearing loss, as well as his claim for TDIU are still pending.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 because there is no competent evidence showing additional disability as a result of the August 25, 1992 surgery on his left hand.