Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for melioidosis and a disability manifested by antibiotic reaction, finding that the veteran's claims were not substantiated due to lack of evidence of current disability.

The Board affirmed a reduction from 100 percent to noncompensable for service-connected psychosis, finding that the evidence showed complete remission of the condition.

The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to radiation exposure, but cannot assign an earlier effective date as no other provisions support such a grant.

The VA denied a higher rating for the veteran's service-connected antral gastritis, currently rated at 30 percent.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not meet the criteria for SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ due to his service-connected residuals of a scrotum and testes injury.

The Board found no evidence of a head injury in service and denied the claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development due to the need for a videoconference hearing. Two issues have been granted, leaving two issues in appellate status.

The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected mycosis fungoides, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma warrants an initial evaluation of 30 percent due to its recurrent and significantly disabling nature.

The Board found that the veteran's current back disorder did not manifest during service and is not related to his service or any aspect thereof, thus denying his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for further development, including obtaining a VA examination and providing VCAA notice.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of September 27, 2001 for the grant of service connection for mastectomy, left breast, with painful scar. The decision was based on the lack of a pending unadjudicated formal or informal claim for this benefit prior to September 27, 2001.

The Board found that the veteran's preexisting tinea versicolor did not worsen during his military service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's right foot disability was not caused by VA carelessness, negligence, or error in judgment. The Board concluded that the veteran's current right foot disability is not related to the May 1998 prostate surgery.

The Board has determined that the veteran's arthritis of multiple joints is a result of injuries sustained during service, and thus grants the claim for service connection.

The case is being remanded for proper VCAA notice and further development.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination and additional development of the veteran's Social Security Administration (SSA) claim.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a medical opinion on whether the veteran's service-connected residuals of shell fragmentation wounds contributed to his death.

The veteran seeks an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a pilonidal cyst with sinus formation, which was granted in October 2002. The case is being remanded to determine if there was clear and unmistakable error in the May 1967 rating decision that denied service connection initially.

The VA has determined that the current bilateral hammertoe deformity is not caused or made worse by the service-connected residuals of fractures of the left tibia and fibula, but further development is needed to determine this.

The veteran withdrew his appeal, so the case is dismissed.