Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to a material change in the Veteran's financial status since the last financial status report.

The Board has remanded the case due to the Veteran's failure to report for a VA examination, and he is scheduled for another one.

The Veteran's scars from shrapnel wounds to his right forearm, thigh, and back are evaluated as mild. The Veteran is granted a separate 20% rating for mild paralysis of the radial nerve due to shrapnel wounds.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's left eye disability, including corneal abrasion and posterior vitreous detachment, is not related to service. The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that the current condition is causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident in service.

The Veteran's skin cancer, including basal cell carcinoma and nodular and actinic keratosis with superficial squamous cell carcinoma, was not found to be related to his service or herbicide exposure.

The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a current sleep disorder related to his service-connected lower back condition. The reduction of the rating from 40% to 10% for the lower back condition was proper as there is material improvement in the Veteran's low back condition.

The Board found no evidence of a current liver disability and denied the Veteran's claim for service connection.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a hernia and skin disorder have been withdrawn. The Board has denied the claim for service connection for a hernia, but is pending the resolution of other issues including an earlier effective date for TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for right ear parotid tumors and loss of balance, finding no evidence that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service.,The Veteran's tinnitus was rated at its maximum schedular rating (10%) as there is no legal basis for an increased rating.

The RO reduced the rating for retropatellar pain syndrome of the right knee from 10 percent to 0 percent, but the Board found that this reduction was not proper and restored a 10 percent rating.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a leg disability, including Osgood-Schlatters disease, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and examination.

The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for her service-connected conditions was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating for her insomnia, and did not find any other condition to warrant an increase in rating.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing an opinion on the etiology of any left eye disorder. The Veteran's claim will be reconsidered after this development.

The Veteran's shell fragment wound to the right arm has resulted in a moderately severe injury, resulting in a 30 percent evaluation since September 17, 2013.

The Veteran's former surviving spouse died in February 2010, and her VA pension benefits were discontinued effective the last day of January 2010. Therefore, there was no entitlement to a benefit that was due and unpaid for the month of March 2010.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for adding his spouse and stepson as dependents was denied because the earliest date of claim was September 23, 2008, when he notified VA of his marriage to M.D.P. The effective date is set on October 1, 2008.

The Veteran's death was not service-connected, and he did not have any pending claims for VA benefits at the time of his death. Therefore, burial benefits are denied.

The Veteran requested withdrawal of her appeal for TDIU.

The Veteran's death was not service-connected, and the appellant filed her claim for nonservice-connected burial benefits more than two years after the cremation of his remains. As a result, her claim is denied.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and private medical records, as well as providing a VA examination to assess the Veteran's bilateral hand disorder and lower back disability.