Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete information and evidence, including a need for updated financial statements and medical expense reports.

The veteran's service does not qualify the appellant for VA death pension benefits.

The veteran's service does not meet the threshold criteria for basic eligibility for nonservice-connected pension benefits, and his claim is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of nervous autonomic imbalance and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.

The veteran's claim for an annual clothing allowance was denied as he does not have a service-connected disability that requires him to wear or use a prosthetic or orthopedic appliance (including a wheelchair) that tends to wear out or tear his clothing.

The veteran's service is recognized as guerrilla service, but it does not qualify for VA nonservice-connected death pension benefits.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his residuals of spontaneous pneumothorax, finding that the disability did not warrant a higher rating than the current 10 percent assigned.

The Board granted a 100% evaluation for the veteran's organic brain syndrome effective April 20, 2000.

The veteran's death was due to congestive heart failure, which occurred after he sought private medical care. The claim for payment of unauthorized medical expenses is denied as VA facilities were not unfeasibly available and the veteran did not meet all criteria for reimbursement under Chapter 17 regulations.

The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of private medical expenses is denied as the VA facilities were not feasibly available and an attempt to use them beforehand would have been reasonable.

The Board has granted service connection for intermittent tendonitis of the fingers, finding that it was incurred during active service.

The veteran claims he developed complications of peripheral artery disease as a result of VA treatment, specifically surgical procedures performed in September and December 2005. The Board has ordered additional development to determine if the procedures caused additional disability and whether any such disability was due to VA's fault or unforeseeable events.

The Board found that the appellant's bilateral upper extremity weakness is related to an undiagnosed illness that developed as a result of his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War, and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board found that the service member's discharge was due to willful and persistent misconduct, which bars him from receiving VA death pension benefits.

The Board has granted service connection for adjustment disorder with depressed mood as secondary to the veteran's service-connected hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current sinus condition and there is no evidence linking any such condition to service. As a result, the claim for service connection for a sinus condition is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right carotid artery stenosis warrants a 10 percent disability evaluation, resolving all doubts in favor of the veteran.

The veteran's appeal is remanded due to a request for a videoconference hearing. The issues of entitlement to increased ratings for shell fragment wound residuals and osteomyelitis are not addressed in the decision.

The veteran's claim for basic eligibility for VA educational assistance under Chapter 30 was denied as he did not have the requisite remaining eligibility under Chapter 34 due to the program's termination on December 31, 1989.

The Board has remanded the case for additional evidentiary development due to new evidence submitted by the veteran's representative without a waiver of AOJ consideration.