Other conditions Board decisions

The Board found that the veteran's metastatic esophageal adenocarcinoma was not related to his exposure to herbicides or any other incident of service, and thus denied the claim for service connection.

The VA determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are not related to his service or exposure to herbicide agents, and thus denied the claims for service connection.

The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of an overpayment of improved disability pension benefits, finding that he was at fault in creating the overpayment due to his failure to timely notify VA of his wife's increased income from employment. The Board concluded that recovery would not result in undue hardship and that it would be against equity and good conscience to waive the overpayment.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by or related to his service-connected shell fragment wounds and therefore denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's schizoaffective disorder to his military service and denied the claim.

The Board has determined that the claims of entitlement to service connection for left thigh and left leg disorders are not well grounded. The veteran's complaints do not support a current diagnosis of these conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and an increased rating for his varicose veins. The claim for atherosclerotic peripheral vascular arterial disease was not well-grounded, while the claim for status post bilateral varicose vein stripping resulted in a 20% disability evaluation.

The Board denied compensation for shortening of the right leg and disability related thereto under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 based on treatment during hospitalization by VA from June to September 1990, finding no clear and unmistakable error.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for separate disability ratings and an increased rating for his peptic ulcer disease with intestinal parasitism, finding that there was no legal basis to grant these ratings.

The Board dismissed the veteran's claims for service connection for gout and stomach ulcer due to an untimely appeal, and this decision is not considered clear and unmistakable error.

The veteran's request for a waiver of overpayment of pension benefits was denied because it was not filed within the required 180-day period after notice of indebtedness.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed because they died during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection for vitiligo and pernicious anemia as secondary to Agent Orange exposure are not well-grounded, based on lack of medical evidence associating these conditions with his active service.

The Board found that the claim for service connection for soft tissue sarcoma, including as secondary to Agent Orange exposure, is not well-grounded due to lack of evidence supporting a current disability and no link between the condition and service or Agent Orange exposure.

The Board found that the veteran's exotropia with convergence insufficiency and diplopia did not meet the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent, as his visual acuity was correctable to 20/20 bilaterally.

The Board found that the veteran's arthritis is related to his period of active military service and granted his claim for service connection.

The veteran's claims for malaria, schistosomiasis (also claimed as liver flukes), edema, and shell fragment wounds are not well grounded. The SFWs were not related to service.

The VA has denied an increased rating for the veteran's skin disorder, diagnosed as mycosis fungoides or cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, currently rated at 30 percent.

The Board finds that the veteran's recurrent idiopathic urticaria/angioedema began during active service, granting service connection for this condition.

The Board denied an increased rating for the gunshot wound residuals, but granted a separate evaluation for injury to Muscle Group II. The veteran's service-connected condition is rated based on its inherent nature rather than any specific exposure.