Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's left hip and thigh pathology is causally related to his service-connected left knee disability, granting his claim for secondary service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's motion to revise or reverse a March 1998 decision denying waiver of recovery of an overpayment of improved disability pension benefits, finding no clear and unmistakable error.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for sterility and impotence, as there is no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to VA surgery in 1962.

The Board found that the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for multiple joint arthritis was not well grounded and denied it.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for reopening his previously denied service connection claim for a nervous disorder, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of overpayment of nonservice-connected pension benefits, finding that his failure to report income from 1989 to 1992 constituted bad faith and thus precluded a waiver.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, claimed as secondary to exposure to Agent Orange. The evidence did not establish a link between the veteran's terminal cancer and his active service or exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for sinus infections and postnasal drip, finding that his claim was not well grounded.

The Board has determined that the veteran's cysts and adhesions of the ovaries and fallopian tubes worsened during service, thus granting service connection for this condition. The claim for lumps of the breast is denied as there is no current evidence of a lump.

The Board has found that the veteran's claim is well-grounded and service connection for residuals of wounds of the head, face, and left arm is granted.

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, but the claim remains denied as there is no competent medical evidence of a nexus between the current diagnosis of delusional disorder and his period of active duty service or any service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for an allergy disorder. The veteran's current allergy symptoms are likely related to his military service.

The Board has granted an increased evaluation of 70 percent for the veteran's depressive reaction, finding that it causes moderate to serious impairment in his ability to sustain employment and relate to co-workers.

The Board finds that the appellant does not have standing as a proper claimant to pursue claims of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death or to receive VA burial benefits.

The Board found that repayment of the overpayment would not be against the principles of equity and good conscience, thus denying the claim for waiver.

The Board has granted service connection for a back disorder and assigned a 20% evaluation effective October 10, 2000. The claim of entitlement to service connection for pain in the left lower side was also granted.

The Board found the appellant eligible for payment of attorney fees from past-due benefits based on a stipulated agreement specifying an effective date of April 1, 1995, for the award of DIC. The VA will pay 20 percent of the past-due benefits awarded to the appellant.

The veteran's service-connected residuals of a stress fracture of the right leg are currently manifested by slight disability with tenderness at the distal third of the right tibia, and is rated 10 percent disabling.,Prior to July 12, 1999, there was no significant objective evidence of left leg disability. As of July 12, 1999, the veteran's service-connected residuals of a stress fracture of the left leg are manifested by slight disability with tenderness at the proximal third of the left tibia and is rated 10 percent disabling.

The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded to the RO for review of additional evidence submitted since his October 1999 hearing.

The Board determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for a right elbow disorder, resulting in a denial.