Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied the appellant's claim for nonservice-connected death pension benefits as there was no new and material evidence received since the April 1999 decision.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right foot injury, finding no medical evidence linking her current condition to military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's posterior subcapsular cataracts are not related to her military service and therefore denied her claim for service connection.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for a more current VA examination to determine the severity of her service-connected bilateral foot condition and for corrective notice on her increased rating claim.

The VA determined that the veteran does not have active malaria or any current residuals, and thus denied his claim for a compensable evaluation.

The veteran's cause of death, sarcoma with metastasis, is not service connected as the condition did not arise during his military service or due to a service-connected disability. The Board denied service connection for the cause of death.

The veteran's service-connected skin disability does not require use of medication that causes irreparable damage to his outer garments, thus denying the annual clothing allowance.

The Board denied the appellant's claim to reopen her basic eligibility for nonservice-connected death pension benefits due to lack of new and material evidence, as all submitted evidence was cumulative and redundant.

The Board has determined that the veteran's medical expenses at Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital from December 13, 2005 to December 14, 2005 were reimbursable as a VA facility was not feasibly available for transfer of the veteran during this period.

The veteran's claim for basic eligibility for educational assistance under Chapter 30, Title 38, United States Code was denied because she did not meet the service requirements and her discharge or release from active duty was due to convenience of the government.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the onset of Tourette's syndrome during active duty service. The veteran needs to provide additional information and VA will attempt to obtain relevant medical records.

The veteran was diagnosed with malaria during service, but does not have a current disability related to malaria. The Board finds that the claim for service connection cannot be granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for cancer of the right tonsil, finding that it was not incurred in or aggravated by service and could not be presumed to have been caused by herbicide agent exposure.

The Board has reopened the claim for residuals of an excisional biopsy of the left breast and granted service connection.,Regarding the skin rash secondary to herbicide exposure, the appeal is stayed pending further action in Haas v. Nicholson.

The veteran's esophageal cancer with metastasis to the liver and porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) did not have their onset during service or within one year of service, and were not caused or aggravated by his active service, including exposure to herbicide agents. Therefore, service connection for purposes of accrued benefits is not warranted.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection of bilateral hearing disability and declined to grant an increased rating for otitis media of the left ear, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted and that he was already receiving the maximum schedular rating.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for cause of death and basic eligibility for non-service-connected death pension benefits, finding that the veteran did not have qualifying service to be eligible for VA pension benefits.

The Board dismissed the motion for revision of a previous decision denying Dependents' Educational Assistance due to lack of finality and because the case was remanded by the Court.

The Board denied the veteran's increased rating claims for residuals of a fracture of the left distal fibula and residuals of a thoracodorsal nerve injury of the right upper extremity, finding no basis to assign higher than 10 percent disability ratings.

The appellant's application for Dependents' Educational Assistance was denied because it was received over one year after her enrollment period ended. The Board found no evidence of VA error or miscommunication.