Other conditions Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and a compensable rating are being remanded due to the need for additional private medical records.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected ulcerative colitis is being remanded due to the need for a new examination and additional records.

The Board has determined that proper notice was not provided to the custodian of the Veteran's minor child, J.P., and a hearing was not scheduled for her. The case is being remanded to provide appropriate notice and scheduling.

The Veteran seeks compensation under the 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of a perforated colon resulting from VA medical treatment in January 2008. The case is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and conduct further examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and scheduling VA examinations.

The Board found that the Veteran's current residuals of right hand median nerve injury is not related to his military service and denied his claim.

The Veteran's overpayment of $4,162.00 in pension benefits is denied as recovery would not be against equity and good conscience.

The Veteran's rectal cancer was not shown to have had its onset during service or be related to any disease or injury in service, including herbicide exposure. The Board found no probative value in the Veteran's contentions that his rectal cancer is a 'soft tissue' or 'multiple myeloma' type of cancers as per VA regulations.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's death was not caused by service-connected conditions, and thus service connection for cause of death is denied.

The Veteran's income exceeded the maximum annual limit for special monthly pension benefits with aid and attendance in 2010 but did not exceed the limit in 2011.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance or at the housebound rate are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's right-side paralysis and dysphagia were not reasonably foreseeable outcomes of the June 2004 cervical diskectomy and fusion surgery by VA, thus granting compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral forefoot degenerative joint changes, bilateral hallux valgus, and bilateral hallux limitus had their onset during his period of active service. The claim for these conditions is granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for a rating in excess of 20 percent for his service-connected pleural cavity injury, residual of gunshot wound to the right lung. The decision was based on the evidence at that time and did not find clear and unmistakable error.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral foot disorder, other than hammertoes, finding that her current conditions were not incurred or aggravated by military service.

The Veteran's appeal is denied as his service-connected scar does not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent.

The Board granted an increased rating of 20 percent for the Veteran's residuals of right Achilles tendon repair, effective from June 27, 2011.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder, finding no evidence of current disability related to his active duty service or exposure to herbicides. The claim was not granted as there is no direct service connection and no presumption of service connection due to herbicide exposure.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for arthritis of the right hip, finding that additional development was needed to consider evidence from a 2006 right hip replacement surgery.

The Veteran's appeal involves multiple issues related to his service-connected shell fragment wounds of the left lower leg and foot. The Board has remanded for further development, including consideration of scars under prior and subsequent rating criteria, as well as issuance of a statement of the case on higher disability evaluations for left and right thigh shell fragment wounds.