Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim, and as a result, service connection for the right shoulder disorder is granted based on aggravation of a pre-existing condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection due to a lack of evidence showing that his polyostotic fibrous dysplasia was aggravated by military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim as there is no competent medical evidence linking his current myopia and low astigmatism to an inservice eye injury.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well grounded, as there was no competent medical evidence linking his current skin disorder or right elbow disorder to his military service. The Board also noted that the veteran did not have a current diagnosis of a right elbow disability.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a skin rash is being remanded due to inconsistencies in the medical evidence and the need for further examination.

The veteran's appeal for an increased rating for a healed fracture of the acetabulum and pubis area has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeal prior to the Board's decision.

The Board denied the appellant's eligibility for home loan guaranty benefits under Chapter 37, Title 38 of the United States Code due to his discharge being other than honorable.

The Board has determined that the veteran's gastrointestinal disability, including peptic ulcer disease, hiatal hernia, duodenal ulcer, and colon polyps, is not service-connected as secondary to his service-connected PTSD or inservice exposure to Agent Orange. The claim for an earlier effective date for a total rating due to service-connected PTSD has been granted.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to inadequate contemporaneous examination and missing medical studies.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection is well grounded and grants the claim.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for VA death pension benefits and/or DIC benefits based on her alleged status as a child of the veteran due to lack of legal merit. The appeal is not about service connection at all.

The Board has determined that recovery of the overpayment would be against equity and good conscience, thus granting waiver of recovery of the overpayment in the amount of $5,558.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims of service connection for a tremor of the left hand and a skin disorder are well grounded. The claim for a tremor of the left hand is granted as it is related to his service-connected headaches or PTSD. However, the claim for a skin disorder is not granted because there is no evidence of a disease listed in 38 U.S.C.A. § 1116(a) or 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e), and thus the presumptive provisions do not apply.

The Board denied the termination of the veteran's daughter's apportionment of his VA pension benefits, finding that she does not meet the criteria for an apportionment due to her lack of dependency and the absence of legal responsibility for her support.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal, finding that his delimiting date for receiving educational assistance benefits under Chapter 30 was June 3, 1998. The decision stated that since he received a general discharge from his second period of service, which was not an honorable discharge, his eligibility for Chapter 30 benefits ended on this date.

The Board found no evidence of a well-grounded claim for service connection for the residuals of a hysterectomy, and thus denied the claim.

The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of overpayment because it was not received within the required 180-day period.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected bilateral defective hearing, finding that neither the old nor new criteria were more favorable to him.

The Board denied reopening the claim for VA death benefits based on recognized military service due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board denied the claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death as not well grounded, due to a lack of medical evidence linking the cause of death (chronic glomerulo nephritis) to military service.