Other conditions Board decisions

The Veteran's extraction of teeth during service does not meet the legal requirements for service connection for the limited purpose of receiving VA outpatient treatment.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a Travel Board hearing and obtaining VA examinations to assess his skin disorder and PTSD. The TDIU claim will also be referred to the Director of Compensation and Pension for an extraschedular determination.

The Veteran's skin disorder, claimed as skin rashes, is being remanded for further development and consideration due to the need for a new VA examination that takes into account his reported history of treatment following separation from active duty.

The Board denied a waiver request for the recouped portion of the Veteran's nonservice-connected pension overpayment debt in the amount of $9,072 due to fault on the part of the Veteran and lack of undue financial hardship.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral pes cavus warrants a disability rating of 30 percent, effective from the date of the decision.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to uncertainty regarding his compliance with child support obligations during the period of August 2007 to June 2010. The parties are asked to provide information on any payments made or received, and their respective incomes and net worths.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of whiplash and finds that new evidence received since the September 1996 denial relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim. The issue is now on its merits.

The Veteran's service connection claim for left chest pain / costochondritis is granted as her chronic disability manifested by left chest pain has been shown to have its onset during active military service and persists.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a stomach disorder is being remanded due to the need for an examination to determine if his current stomach problems are related to his service-connected joint disorders or if they have been aggravated by them.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need to obtain additional medical records and provide an updated opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's skin disease.

The Veteran's retroactive benefits were denied as the Appellant does not qualify as an eligible survivor under 38 U.S.C.A. § 5121, and payment to his estate is also not authorized.

The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal for service connection for loss of teeth, including as secondary to epilepsy. The Board has dismissed the appeal.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for myopia with eye redness was withdrawn. The Board also found that there is not sufficient evidence to establish a lung condition as secondary to his seminoma, status-post resection.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected left navicular bone deformity and its impact on his ability to work.

The Veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for post-operative residuals of esophageal achalasia with dysphagia resulting from an August 2005 Heller myotomy and fundoplication procedure performed by VA. The case has been remanded to obtain additional medical records, including those since 2007, and to request a supplemental opinion from the physician who provided the May 2011 opinion.

The Veteran's right little finger disability, characterized by flexion deformity at the proximal interphalangeal joint with ankylosis status post fracture, is rated as a noncompensable rating under Diagnostic Code 5230. However, given the presence of unfavorable ankylosis involving both the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints, the Veteran's disability is now rated as a compensable 10 percent under Diagnostic Code 5156 for amputation at the proximal interphalangeal joint without metacarpal resection.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, a medical examination to determine the nature of his skin disability, and further adjudication.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for a one-time payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund due to his forfeiture of VA benefits, which constitutes a statutory bar.

The Board denied the Appellant's claim for a one-time payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund due to lack of evidence of qualifying service in the United States Armed Forces.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have current residuals of cold weather injuries to any of his claimed body parts and therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.