Other conditions Board decisions

The Board found that the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a right foot disorder, claimed as a cyst and/or inward bowing of the tendo-Achilles was not well-grounded due to lack of evidence of a current disability.

The Board denied the claim for VA improved death pension benefits as the children's countable annual income exceeded the applicable maximum annual pension rate from 1995 to 1999.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of meningitis and disability manifested by lower back pain are not well grounded, as there is no competent evidence showing current disabilities related to service.

The veteran's application for an extension of his basic delimiting date for receiving educational assistance benefits under Chapter 34, Title 38, United States Code was not timely filed and therefore denied.

The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the pleural cavity, finding no current evidence supporting a higher evaluation.

The veteran's appeal regarding the apportionment of his VA compensation benefits for his minor children was dismissed as untimely.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a skin disorder due to new evidence submitted showing treatment in service. However, there is no medical evidence linking the current condition to the previously treated condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to November 15, 1991 for service connection of his ankylosing spondylitis. The RO assigned an effective date of November 15, 1991 based on a reopened claim and granted service connection in May 1995.

The veteran's claim for improved disability pension benefits was denied because his family income exceeded the maximum permitted.

The Board has denied the claim as there is no competent medical evidence showing a current left eye disability or linking it to service.

The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of Section 306 pension benefits, finding that he was solely at fault in creating the debt due to underreporting his family's income.

The Board has determined that the veteran's oat cell carcinoma of the lung is service-connected due to exposure to Agent Orange during his military service, with the presumptive period for respiratory cancers ending on January 29, 1967.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a closed head injury and granted service connection based on new evidence presented.

The Board has granted a 20% evaluation for the veteran's traumatic arthritis of both ankles, finding that there is marked limitation of motion in each ankle.

The veteran's application for Supplemental Service Disabled Veterans' Insurance under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1922A was denied because it was filed more than one year after he became eligible, and the requirement of a timely application is not waived by law.

The veteran's claim for recognition of his daughter as a helpless child was denied. The Board also found that the effective date for pension benefits should be August 21, 1990, and not earlier.

The veteran's bilateral macular degeneration is found to be directly related to his service exposure to sunlight, and thus granted as service-connected.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hair loss and hematoma of the back, finding that they were not well-grounded due to lack of objective medical evidence.

The veteran's claim for an increase in his rating for a right great toe fracture was granted, with the effective date being unknown as no specific effective date is provided.

The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to August 6, 1998, for the grant of non-service connected pension benefits was granted as of November 18, 1996.