Other conditions Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for his service-connected post-operative residuals of surgical removal of a cyst at T-12 and for service connection for a right foot disorder, claimed as right foot drop secondary to service-connected post-operative residuals of surgical removal of a Baker's cyst of the right knee, were denied. The Board found that there was no evidence linking the Veteran's lipoma excision on his back to his current back pain or any other disability.

The Veteran's petition to reopen the claim for service connection for a right eye disability was granted. The Board also denied the underlying claims for service connection of a right eye disability and a psychiatric disability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran wishes to withdraw his appeals for service connection for a dental condition and an increased rating for his respiratory disorder. The remaining issues are being adjudicated as 'mixed' due to some granted, denied, or remanded claims.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection for any of the claimed conditions, as there is no credible and probative evidence linking these disabilities to her military service.

The Veteran's bladder condition and urinary urgency are not service-connected, but his claim to reopen a previously denied hypertension claim is granted.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional records and for further development.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development due to ambiguity surrounding the exact nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed respiratory disorder.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a new VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected diplopia with muscle spasms. The claim will be readjudicated using only the rating criteria effective prior to December 10, 2008.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have recognized active military service for the purposes of obtaining the one-time payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund, and therefore denies legal entitlement to this benefit.

The case is being remanded for a personal hearing before a Veterans Law Judge sitting in Washington, D.C., due to the appellant's request.

The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Baxter Regional Medical Center on May 27, 2009 is granted. The Board found that the services were rendered in a medical emergency and no VA facility was feasibly available.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to insufficient examination report and the need for another medical opinion regarding his service-connected myopathy with extensive vacuolization.

The Board finds that the Veteran's ear disorder, including exostosis of the ear canals, cerumen impaction of the left ear, and history of recurrent otitis externa, is at least as likely as not related to service. Therefore, the claim for service connection is granted.

The Veteran's abdominal uterine bleeding, which requires continuous treatment to control symptoms such as low red blood cell count and dizziness, has been rated at a 10 percent disability rating since August 21, 2000.

The Veteran's initial claim for a compensable rating for his right foot disability prior to June 14, 2010, and a higher rating since that date was denied. The VA examiner found no objective findings of additional functional loss due to pain or other symptoms.

The Veteran's mother, the appellant, is seeking an increase in her apportionment of his VA benefits. The RO reduced her monthly apportionment from $981 to $581 due to the Veteran's increased financial needs after he was discharged from a VA Medical Center and placed in a private facility. The Board finds that increasing her apportionment would cause undue hardship on the Veteran.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the claim for automobile and adaptive equipment or adaptive equipment only before a decision was made.

The Veteran's right-lower extremity neuropathy associated with L3 has been rated as mild incomplete paralysis of the anterior crural (femoral) nerve, resulting in a 10 percent disability rating. The Board found that this did not warrant an increased rating.

The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 30 percent for sigmoid colon diverticula has been dismissed due to his failure to respond to requests for identifying information and releases needed to secure pertinent outstanding evidence.

The Board denied service connection for pelvic inflammatory disease with an ovarian cyst in 1992, concluding that there was no evidence of these conditions during or immediately after service. The Veteran's motion argued for CUE based on the presence of a cyst in 1988, but the Board found that this error did not manifestly change the outcome.