Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a one-time payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund due to lack of qualifying service.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have legal entitlement to a one-time payment from the Filipino Veteran's Equity Compensation Fund due to lack of recognized service in the U.S. Armed Forces.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for a one-time payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund as he did not have qualifying service in the United States Armed Forces.

The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a private facility on July 5, 2009 are granted as the emergency treatment provided met all criteria under Section 1725 of Title 38, United States Code.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination and further development of the record. The Veteran's claim for service connection for a back disability is being reviewed.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for impotency due to VA surgery is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining treatment records and determining whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the previously denied service connection claim.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's injuries in March 1961 were incurred in the line of duty and not due to his own willful misconduct, granting service connection for these conditions.

The Board found no evidence of a cardiovascular disorder in service and concluded that the Veteran's current condition is not related to his military service. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development to determine if the appellant had eligible service for VA benefits.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings were denied. The Board found that the left eye disability was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service, and his bilateral hearing loss did not warrant an initial compensable rating.

The Board has granted service connection for moderate, right upper extremity neurological dysfunction as a residual of the Veteran's inservice traumatic brain injury. The Veteran was previously denied service connection for this condition due to lack of a current diagnosis. However, the evidence now shows that the Veteran experiences such symptoms and they are related to his inservice TBI.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for cause of death due to metastic pancreatic cancer and aspiration pneumonia, finding that these conditions were not related to active service or herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a VA examination to determine the impact of his medications on his employability and whether he can perform sedentary work.

The Veteran is already receiving a 90% schedular rating for bilateral optic atrophy, which adequately considers his overall eye disability. The loss of visual fields from March 6, 2008 to December 10, 2008 does not warrant an extraschedular evaluation.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unemployable as he is capable of performing the physical and mental acts required by employment, despite his left leg compartment syndrome and sickle cell anemia.

The Veteran's service-connected right foot fracture has resulted in moderate, but not moderately severe, symptoms. The Board finds that the disability does not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including a VA examination to assess the severity of his hernia disability and service connection for abdominal scars.

The Veteran's skin conditions, including trichoepitheliomas and basal cell carcinoma (BCC), are being remanded for further development to address the relationship between his service and these disabilities.

The Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities were rated as 10 percent disabling prior to September 20, 2007. The disability picture more closely approximated slight limitation of function due to pain.

The Veteran is not entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses from Norristown, PA to Spring Lake, NC on April 4, 2007 as he failed to obtain proper case manager approval for interregional travel expenses.