Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for a VA medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's hepatoma is etiologically related to service, including presumed herbicide exposure and exposure to hepatitis B.

The Veteran's claims for increased rating, TDIU, and service connection were denied. The claim for the removal of teeth numbered 1 and 32 was also denied.

The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, from March 26 to April 3, 2007, were approved for payment as emergency care provided in a non-VA facility due to the nature of his condition and inability to be safely transferred to VA facilities.

The Veteran's duodenal ulcer is currently evaluated at a 10 percent rating, and the Board finds that his condition does not warrant an increased rating.

The Veteran's residuals of a distal nerve injury to the right index finger are rated as 10 percent disabling since June 27, 2006.

The Board found that the Veteran's current low back disability is not related to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right hip with retained foreign bodies have been granted an increased rating to 40 percent, effective from the date of the claim.

The Board granted a single 10 percent rating for the Bell's palsy residual of lagophthalmos during the entire appeals period and an additional, separate 10 percent rating from May 26, 2010, for the Bell's palsy residual involving the seventh cranial nerve.

The Board found no evidence to support a finding that the Veteran's current low back disorder is causally or etiologically linked to his period of active military service, including any event or incident therein.

The Veteran's left vocal cord paralysis was caused or aggravated by the lung cancer surgery and prosthesis surgery performed at VA, but it was not due to negligence on the part of the VA medical staff.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right foot disability, finding that his current diagnosis of metatarsalgia was not related to his active service.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further examination and development, including obtaining VA outpatient treatment records and scheduling a VA compensation examination to reassess the severity of her service-connected adjustment disorder with mildly depressed mood.

The Veteran's duodenal ulcer is currently rated at 10 percent and the Board finds that it does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic code.

The Veteran's request for waiver of overpayment of $13,565.12 was not timely filed and a waiver may not be granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to the appellant's inability to attend a scheduled hearing and requested that a videoconference hearing be arranged at the Iron Mountain VAMC. The RO is also instructed to obtain a social and industrial examination to assess the appellant's disability status, particularly focusing on his capability for self-support around the age of 18.

The Veteran's appeal is for a higher initial rating of his post-traumatic arthritis of the left foot, which was granted service connection but with an initially noncompensable rating. The Board has ordered a new VA examination to reassess the severity of this disability.

The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for tendinitis/metatarsalgia of the bilateral feet is being remanded due to a need for further evidentiary development, including obtaining recent treatment records and conducting a VA examination.

The Veteran seeks service connection for bilateral defective hearing, claiming exposure to acoustic trauma in service. The case is remanded due to incomplete records and the need for a VA examination.

The Veteran's cause of death, malignant giant cell tumor - metastatic, is found to be related to his in-service exposure to Agent Orange. The Board grants service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for scheduling a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals at his local regional office in Montgomery, Alabama.