Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to issues related to service connection and DIC, requiring additional development of evidence.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development and consideration, including obtaining additional medical records and providing the appellant with VCAA-compliant notice.

The Board has determined that the appellant is not eligible for recognition as a surviving spouse for VA compensation purposes due to lack of valid marriage and other eligibility criteria.

The Board denied reimbursement for unauthorized medical expenses because the treatment was not rendered in response to an emergency and did not meet the criteria for reimbursement under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1725.

The Board has received a request for withdrawal of the veteran's appeal regarding his sinus disability claim, and thus the appeal is dismissed.

The Board denied service connection for atypical squamous metaplasia (nasal sinus disease) due to Agent Orange exposure and tobacco use, finding no evidence of such conditions during service or within a year of service.

The appellant's case is being remanded for a Travel Board hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO. The appeal will not be decided until this hearing takes place.

The VA determined that the veteran does not have interstitial pulmonary fibrosis or a solitary pulmonary nodule as a result of his in-service right traumatic pneumothorax and thoracotomy. The VA also found no evidence of hypertension within one year post-discharge.

The Board has granted a 20 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected winged scapula, long thoracic nerve injury, right, effective from the date of the initial grant of service connection.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection and a total rating based on individual unemployability due to incomplete examination reports and need for further clarification of his conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to failure in obtaining VA records and will be reconsidered.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of nonservice-connected death pension benefits, finding that the earliest document in the claims file that may be accepted as a claim filed with VA was received on April 11, 2003.

The Board found that the veteran's death from interstitial pulmonary fibrosis was not caused by any service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board has denied the claim for service connection for lumbar spine disability, finding no medical evidence of a nexus between current low back problems and service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right eye disability was incurred during active service and granted service connection.

The VA determined that the veteran's schizoid features with depressive overlay do not warrant a disability evaluation in excess of 30 percent.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication due to incomplete information from the veteran's ex-spouse, who is the custodian of his child. The appeal involves a claim for a higher amount of apportionment of VA disability compensation to the veteran's child.

The Board has determined that the veteran's reported stressors have not been appropriately corroborated, and thus service connection for PTSD is denied.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for lymphadenitis of the left groin. The veteran's available service medical records showed treatment for reported painful swelling of the left groin in July 1972, but no residuals were noted at separation from service. Subsequent VA and private outpatient treatment records have been provided, including a VA Agent Orange examination report dated in December 1999, which noted herpetic lesions, tinea between toes, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The Board found that the evidence does not bear directly and substantially upon the specific matter under consideration.

The Board found that the veteran's rickets pre-existed service and was not aggravated by military service, thus denying service connection. The broken ankle claim is also denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or a link to service.