Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a nervous disorder due to lack of evidence of any current psychiatric disorders.

The Board found no evidence to support a connection between the cause of the veteran's death and service, including exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the veteran's residuals of a fracture of the left thumb, as his current disability does not meet the criteria for ankylosis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a skin disability of the feet and an increased evaluation for varicose veins of the left leg with phlebitis, finding no evidence to support these claims.

The veteran's urticaria was rated at 20 percent from September 21, 1990 to January 11, 1998 and increased to 40 percent from January 12, 1998.

The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for the residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right pleural cavity, finding that these symptoms more nearly approximated the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 6843.

The VA denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for service-connected herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) at L4-5, finding that the veteran's condition warranted a noncompensable disability rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected gunshot wound of the left upper arm and generalized anxiety disorder with PTSD, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on moderate disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased evaluation for his service-connected partial paralysis of the left radial nerve and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not support granting either claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of crush injury to the left foot do not warrant a compensable evaluation, while his service-connected fractured right pelvis and pubic ramus have also been denied. The disability ratings are therefore both denied.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for an ear disability is not well grounded, and therefore denied.

The Board found no competent medical evidence of a current neck disorder and denied the claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's vascular disability is not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected SFW residuals of the right thigh, and thus denied the claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's complications following his cholecystectomy, including a hematoma and wound infection, were due to anticoagulation therapy provided by VA. The Board concluded that these complications did not result from technical error but were secondary to the veteran's prophylactic anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his right knee disability was denied as the evidence did not support a higher evaluation based on functional impairment or additional chronic impairment.

The Board found no medical evidence to support the claim that the veteran's current throat disorder is related to his military service, and thus denied the claim.

The Board denied the appellant's claim that her income from an individual retirement account should be counted as income for VA improved death pension purposes, and also remanded the issue of waiver of overpayment to the RO.

The veteran's claims for increased rating, service connection, TTR and TDIU were denied. The denial of the service connection claim is due to lack of competent medical evidence linking his current coronary artery disease with hypertension to military service or post-service symptomatology.

The veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 was denied because there is no evidence of fault on the part of VA in providing treatment, and his current disability is not linked to such a refusal.

The veteran's appeal is held in abeyance pending resolution of the basic eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs loan guaranty benefits issue. The case must be returned to the Board after a hearing on this matter.