Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for breast cancer and the residuals of a radical left mastectomy, finding no medical evidence linking these conditions to her military service or her service-connected abdominal hysterectomy. The temporary total disability rating claim was also denied.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for increased rating and service connection due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.

The veteran's service-connected fractured right (major) proximal humerus with traumatic arthritis and fractured right (major) distal radius with traumatic arthritis are currently rated at 10 percent and 20 percent, respectively. The RO has granted increased disability ratings for both conditions.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that his conditions did not meet the criteria for compensable evaluations or service connection.

The Board found no current evidence of a skin disorder or dental disability, and thus denied the claims for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current discomfort in his lower right abdomen, including nerve damage to the groin area, is not related to his service-connected postoperative residuals of a right inguinal hernia. The preponderance of evidence does not support the claim.

The Board has reinstated the veteran's entitlement to a TDIU, effective September 27, 1976. As this benefit is already in effect, the appeal for this issue is dismissed.

The Board has determined that the appellant's right knee disability, which includes traumatic arthritis, post-operative meniscectomies, posterior lateral rotary reconstruction and intramedullary rod fusion, warrants a 40 percent evaluation. The evidence does not support an increase in rating beyond this level.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a dental disorder due to trauma, finding that there was no evidence supporting his contention and thus the claim is not well-grounded.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for pelvic inflammatory disease with uterine fibroids as there was no medical evidence linking these conditions to her period of military service or a service-connected condition.

The veteran's death was not caused by his own willful misconduct, but the cause of death (adenocarcinoma of an unknown primary site with metastases) is not service-connected. The veteran did not meet the criteria for DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.

The veteran's claim for service connection for Paget's Disease was denied in 1969. The effective date of the current grant of service connection is November 30, 1992.

The Board found that the veteran's bilateral cataracts were not incurred in or aggravated by his active military service, including exposure to ionizing radiation. The evidence did not support a finding of service connection.

The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of her appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Board has granted a 10 percent evaluation for status post fracture of the radial head, left elbow and a 10 percent evaluation for left ulnar nerve neuralgia. The veteran's service-connected conditions have been evaluated based on their direct impact without any presumption or secondary connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury is not well grounded, and thus denied.

The Board denied a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that the veteran's unemployment was not solely due to his service-connected conditions.

The Board found no competent evidence linking the current disability to service and denied the claim of entitlement to service connection for compound fracture, right tibia and fibula.

The Board denied service connection for arthralgia of the hips as secondary to a service-connected back disorder, and also denied an increased rating for the back condition.

The Board found that the claim for service connection of a left eye disability secondary to a right eye disability is not well grounded due to lack of medical evidence linking the current left eye disability to the service-connected right eye disability.