Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied the appellant's claims for disability compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for impotence and service connection for basal cell carcinoma due to exposure to ionizing radiation, finding that there was no new and material evidence presented.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for Raynaud's disease, finding that the veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under either the former or revised criteria.

The Board dismissed the veteran's claims because he did not file a timely substantive appeal within the required time frame.

The case is being remanded for further development, including scheduling VA examinations and obtaining additional treatment records.

The Board denied the claim of service connection for a blood disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim.

The veteran's claim is that he now has excruciating pain in his wrists and an inability to grip objects regardless of their weight. The case must be remanded for a more comprehensive VA medical examination that specifically identifies the nature and severity of all residual disability due to the service-connected fracture of the navicular bones.

The VA has denied an increased disability evaluation for the veteran's service-connected torn medial meniscus of the right knee, postoperative with degenerative joint disease.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the veteran died during the pendency of the appeal and thus has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits.

The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death because there was no medical evidence linking his cause of death to his period of active service or a service-connected disability.

The Board found no credible evidence linking the veteran's current eye condition to service, and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of evidence showing when the initial notice of indebtedness and waiver rights were dispatched by the VBA Debt Management Center.

The RO denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for bilateral chondromalacia of the patella, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The veteran's urinary incontinence was rated at 60% from November 2, 1993. The RO increased the rating for bowel incontinence to 30% effective February 11, 1997. The left lower extremity weakness remains at 80%, and the right lower extremity weakness is now rated at 40%.

The Board found that the veteran's recurrent urethral stricture and bladder instability are service-connected, with the latter condition being proximately due to or the result of the former.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his post-operative residuals of a perforated colon, finding that the evidence did not show moderate symptoms or occasional involuntary bowel movements requiring him to wear a pad.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral defective hearing as it was not well-grounded.

The Board has determined that the veteran's enucleation of the left eye warrants a 50% rating, which is the maximum available under current regulations. The right eye vision is 20/20, preventing a higher rating.

The veteran's service-connected fracture of the right foot was granted an initial rating of 20 percent.

The Board denied the waiver of recovery of a VA portfolio loan indebtedness due to the appellant's actions constituting bad faith, including failure to notify or negotiate with the holder or VA regarding default and foreclosure.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for porphyria cutanea tarda and liver dysfunction secondary to herbicide exposure, as well as his claim for an increased rating for hepatitis. The evidence did not support a finding of current diagnoses or a link between these conditions and herbicide exposure.