Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's degenerative joint disease of the left hip was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic right lower extremity length discrepancy was incurred during active service and is granted service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for residuals of priaprism surgery. The issue of entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ was inferred from the veteran's request for higher benefits and is also denied.

The VA determined that there is no current evidence of cold injury residuals to the veteran's feet, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected disabilities were not the principal or a contributory cause of his death, and the cause of his death was not incurred due to active service. The Board also determined that the veteran's death was not the result of VA medical treatment.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including a VA examination and readjudication.

The veteran's service was only 28 days, which is insufficient for VA pension benefits. The claim is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for bilateral hallux valgus and determined that he incurred this condition during active duty service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a private hospital on September 30th, 2004 due to lack of enrollment in the VA Health Care system and other health care coverage.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a more recent VA examination and consideration of additional evidence.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a medical opinion regarding the relationship between the veteran's current skin disorder and his military service.

The veteran's claims for higher ratings for traumatic arthritis of the right and left ankles with shin splints are denied as his conditions do not meet the criteria for a rating higher than 20 percent.

The appellant is not legally entitled to death pension benefits incurred due to unreimbursed medical expenses in 2005 for accrued benefits purposes.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to lack of standing, as the appellant is not shown to have a legal right to bring this accrued benefits claim.

The veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for his service-connected residuals of a fractured jaw is being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and examination.

The Board has determined that the evidence received since the January 1972 rating decision is not new and material, thus denying the reopening of the claim for service connection for color blindness.

The Board has granted an effective date of September 19, 2005 for the award of death pension benefits to the appellant.

The Board found that the veteran's end-stage liver disease, requiring a liver transplant, was not related to his military service and could not be presumed to have been incurred due to herbicide exposure. The Board concluded that the most likely cause of the veteran's liver disease was alcohol abuse.

The Board has determined that the veteran's left tonsillar cancer is at least as likely as not causally related to herbicide exposure during military service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.