Other conditions Board decisions

The Veteran's overpayment of VA pension benefits was denied due to his failure to report his common-law marriage and his common-law wife's income, which resulted in unjust enrichment.

The Veteran's income was found to be within the limits for purposes of entitlement to payment of VA pension benefits for both the year 2003 and 2004.

The Veteran is seeking reimbursement for unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center from February 20, 2005 to March 14, 2005. The VA denied the claim except for the treatment received on February 20, 2005. The case is REMANDED for additional development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of bilateral foot disorder, mood disorder, and right hip disorder. The decision found that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim, and that any current conditions are not related to his period of active service.

The Board has determined that the appellant met the criteria for an effective date of September 21, 2006 for the award of a 100 percent disability rating for loss of use of the right arm and special monthly compensation at the (o) and (r)(1) rate.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that neither scleroderma nor interstitial pneumonitis (ILD) was related to his military service.

The Veteran's stress fracture of the right hip was granted service connection and assigned a noncompensable rating prior to May 28, 2008. Since then, he has been assigned a 10 percent disability rating effective from May 28, 2008.

The Board has determined that the appellant is recognized as the surviving spouse of the Veteran for purposes of entitlement to VA death benefits.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete medical records and other issues.

The Veteran's appeal for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a private hospital from March 9, 2007, to March 12, 2007 has been withdrawn by the appellant and his authorized representative.

The Board has determined that the appellant's income exceeded the allowable limit for improved death pension benefits in the years 2007 and 2008, thus denying her claim.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for allergies was denied as there is no evidence of any in-service disease or symptoms which might be caused by allergies, and the Board concludes that the criteria for service connection have not been met.

The Board found that the Veteran's benign prostatic hypertrophy and incontinence are not related to his military service.

The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for service-connected interstitial fibrosis of the lung, associated with asbestos exposure, was denied. The RO assigned a 10 percent disability rating effective from January 10, 2007 to December 31, 2007 and a 60 percent disability rating effective from January 1, 2008.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for malaria, which was previously denied in July 1999. The Veteran reported contracting malaria during his military service in the Pacific Theater, but there is no definitive medical evidence linking current residuals to this service.

The Veteran seeks service connection for hairy cell leukemia, claiming it is related to exposure during his service in the Southwest Asia Theatre of Operations. The Board has determined that a VA examination and further development are needed to address these claims.

The Board found that the Veteran's pre-existing cicatrix of the right axilla did not permanently worsen during military service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for her service-connected epidural fibrosis, status post hemilaminectomy, foraminotomy, and partial pediculectomy at L5 is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for gout was denied. The claims for increased ratings for PTSD prior to June 12, 2004 and for effective dates earlier than June 12, 2004 for TDIU and DEA eligibility were also denied. The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance or housebound status was not addressed as it is considered a downstream issue.

The Board found that the Veteran's collapsed vertebra is not causally or etiologically related to military service and denied his claim.