Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that there is no evidence of a current right or left leg disability that can be linked to service, and therefore denied the Veteran's claims for service connection.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain missing records and to provide a VA examination for the claimed disability. The issues of service connection for loss of use of hands are also being remanded.

The Veteran's CVA is found to be at least as likely as not caused by the use of oral contraceptives prescribed for her service-connected anterior uterine fibroid, and thus secondary to that condition.

The Board has determined that the claim of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim for recognition as the surviving spouse of the Veteran for VA death benefits must be remanded due to inadequate notice.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of recent medical assessment of the Veteran's hip disabilities, and requests an updated VA examination to ascertain the current severity of her service-connected bilateral hip disabilities.

The Veteran died due to service-connected disabilities, but burial benefits are denied as he was not in receipt of VA compensation or pension at the time of his death and did not meet other criteria for burial benefits.

The Veteran's residuals of a gunshot wound to the right thigh are currently rated as 10 percent disabling, and his PTSD is rated at 50 percent. The Board found that neither condition warrants an increased rating.

The Veteran's ulcerative colitis disability is currently rated at 10 percent, and the Board found that it does not warrant a higher rating. The loss of sense of smell issue was remanded for further examination.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right hand fracture, left foot stress fracture, and right foot stress fracture. The appeals are based on direct service connection as there is no indication of any other theory of service connection.

The Veteran's gout of the right foot and left foot were found to have onset during service, with a continuity of symptoms since separation. The Board finds that these conditions are related to service.

The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a private hospital on February 24, 2009 were denied as VA did not provide prior authorization and the treatment was for a non-emergent condition.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for the issues of service connection for ruptured aneurysm in left temporal region and benign prostatic hypertrophy, both secondary to diabetes mellitus type II.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for eligibility to receive Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR) education benefits because the Department of Defense has not determined that he is eligible.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for treatment at a VA facility for surgery to remove a mass on the lung.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's pre-existing strabismus was aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's essential tremor resulted from a disease incurred in service, and therefore grants entitlement to service connection for essential tremor.

The Board found that the Veteran's left leg disability was not incurred in or aggravated by military service and it may not be presumed to have been incurred therein.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a disorder manifested by infections, including as secondary to in-service exposure to Agent Orange or diabetes mellitus, is denied.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death as due to exposure to Agent Orange, finding that there was no evidence linking the Veteran's colon cancer to his in-service exposure to herbicides.

The Veteran's exposure keratitis due to proptosis and lagophthalmos is rated at a maximum of 10 percent, the highest available under the rating criteria for this condition.