Other conditions Board decisions

The Veteran withdrew his appeal before the Board made a decision.

The Veteran's claim for a higher initial rating for right patellar chondromalacia is being remanded to the RO for further development.

The veteran's claim for an extension of eligibility for vocational rehabilitation training under Chapter 15, Title 38, United States Code is being remanded to the RO/AMC for additional development.

The appeal is remanded for a VA examination to determine the Veteran's eligibility for automobile and adaptive equipment, as well as specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board finds that a VA examination should be conducted to determine if the Veteran's arthritis is related to service.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of TDIU, finding that February 11, 2005, was the earliest date that TDIU is warranted based on the evidence.

The appeal is remanded to obtain additional records and further development of the claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's request to reopen a previously disallowed claim for service connection for a skin disorder, as new and material evidence was not provided.

The claim of entitlement to recognition of the appellant as the veteran's surviving spouse must be denied due to a legally binding divorce judgment and lack of cohabitation.

The appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling a VA examination to clarify the nature of the Veteran's current respiratory disorder and whether it is related to an in-service episode of pneumonia.

The veteran's claims for a compensable disability rating and TDIU are being remanded for additional development, including an examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected residuals of a chip fracture of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the right great toe.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including providing VCAA notice and scheduling a VA examination to assess the impact of the service-connected disabilities on employment.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied, with the exception of a 10 percent rating for recurrent epidermal inclusion cysts of the face and a 30 percent rating for skin rashes effective August 30, 2002.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to determine the nature and extent of the Veteran's service-connected residuals of a right middle lobe lung resection.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death as new and material evidence was not received.

The Veteran's right and left knee disabilities were rated at 10 percent from March 19, 2008. Prior to that date, the knees did not meet criteria for a compensable rating.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his previously disallowed claim of entitlement to service connection for diffuse muscle and joint pain and numbness in the extremities, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness.