Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran's claims for increased evaluation and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities were denied. The veteran has been granted a 40 percent evaluation for postoperative gastrectomy-gastrojejunostomy residuals, but the combined rating does not meet the criteria for a total disability rating.

The Board has determined that a compensable evaluation of 10 percent is warranted for the veteran's residuals of a gunshot wound to the right foot, including degenerative joint disease.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current right eye condition is not related to his period of service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's service is not considered active military, naval or air service for purposes of VA nonservice-connected death pension benefits.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 10 percent disability evaluation for his service-connected residuals of left and right tibial fractures is denied. The RO reduced the ratings from noncompensable to 10 percent in December 1998, effective August 13, 1998.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for recognition as the surviving spouse of the veteran due to a lack of evidence showing that the veteran is deceased and that the appellant was married to him.

The veteran's claim for TDIU is being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and information.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a left leg injury, including chondromalacia of the patella, is not well grounded. The evidence does not establish a nexus between the current disability and active service.

The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of pension benefits because it was not timely filed.

The VA denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected skin disorder, currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling. The condition is manifested by multiple flesh-colored papules and tags on various parts of his body.

The Board denied increased ratings for callous formation with right hallux valgus deformity and skin thickening with left hallux valgus deformity, as the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well-grounded and denied them.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for his shell fragment wound of Muscle Group XI with retained foreign bodies has been dismissed due to the death of the veteran.

The Board found no evidence to support the veteran's claims for service connection of a right leg disorder or residuals of a deviated septum, and denied his claim for an increased rating for his service-connected right elbow disability.

The Board has determined that the appellant's discharge from service was under dishonorable conditions due to willful and persistent misconduct, thus denying his claim for benefits.

The Board denied the appellant's waiver request for a loan guaranty indebtedness, finding that he was at fault in creating the debt and that collection would not be against equity and good conscience.

The veteran's Lyme disease is granted service connection, but his hypercholesterolemia does not meet the criteria for a current disability.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal due to his death, and therefore no effective date prior to March 21, 1995, for a 100 percent rating for incisional hernia was granted. The issue of whether the RO committed clear and unmistakable error in not also inferring a claim for benefits under the provisions of the predecessor of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 when adjudicating a June 1967 claim for compensation or pension is moot.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further proceedings, including obtaining additional service medical records and information from SSA.

The Board found that the claim of entitlement to service connection for right otitis media is not well grounded due to lack of medical evidence linking current disability to in-service injury.